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04-09-2009, 04:57 PM
From BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8238795.stm)
Author and raconteur Keith Waterhouse has died "quietly in his sleep" at the age of 80, a spokeswoman has announced.
Waterhouse made his screenwriting debut on the 1961 film Whistle Down The Wind.
But he remains best known for the 1959 novel Billy Liar - which was made into a critically acclaimed film starring Tom Courtenay in 1963.
He was a prolific newspaper columnist and playwright with works including Mr and Mrs Nobody and the 1989 West End hit Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell.
Author and raconteur Keith Waterhouse has died "quietly in his sleep" at the age of 80, a spokeswoman has announced.
Waterhouse made his screenwriting debut on the 1961 film Whistle Down The Wind.
But he remains best known for the 1959 novel Billy Liar - which was made into a critically acclaimed film starring Tom Courtenay in 1963.
He was a prolific newspaper columnist and playwright with works including Mr and Mrs Nobody and the 1989 West End hit Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell.