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Dateline: 4th September, 2009
Keith Waterhouse (1929 - 2009) Journalist, playwright and novelist Keith Waterhouse died in his sleep this morning at the age of 80. He was born in Leeds, where he lived as a child on a council estate and left school without any qualifications. He worked for an undertaker (although he claimed that his most famous creation, who did the same, was not autobiographical) and then, after National Service, began his career in journalism aith the Yorkshire Evening Post. Theatrically he is probably best known for Billy Liar, the play which he co-wrote with his long-time collaborator Willis Hall, based on his 1959 novel, but he wrote(or co-wrote) a further 21 plays which were perfortmed, as well as a few which have nver been seen on the professional stage. They are (WH indicates a collaboration with Willis Hall):
Television work included Budgie and Worzel Gummidge and films Whistle Down the Wind (1961) and A Kind of Loving (1962). He was a prolific writer and journalist. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded the CBE in 1991.
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