“Goodbye” Edward Heath – Died 17 July 2005 by bygoneT · July 17, 2018 Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to February 1974 and as Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975.