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Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE (6 February 1929 – 4 September 2009) was a British novelist and newspaper columnist and the writer of many television series.
Keith Waterhouse (born Feb. 6, 1929, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Sept. 4, 2009, London) was an English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter noted for his ability to create comedy and satire out of depressing human predicaments.
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Sep 4, 2009 · Keith Waterhouse, who has died at the age of 80, was a spirit of more than one lost age. His acerbic, precise and accessible writing kept his name and columns before the large...
Learn about the life and works of Keith Waterhouse, a prolific British novelist, columnist, playwright and screenwriter. Find his biography, bibliography and awards on the British Council website.
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Sep 5, 2009 · Mr. Waterhouse was a British novelist and playwright, known for his 1959 novel, “Billy Liar,” and play “Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.”
Keith Spencer Waterhouse, writer: born Leeds 6 February 1929; CBE 1991; married 1950 Joan Foster (three children), 1984 Stella Bingham (divorced); died London 4 September 2009. More about...
Sep 4, 2009 · Keith Waterhouse, who died on September 4 aged 80, was a novelist and newspaper columnist, but above all a playwright whose collaboration with Willis Hall was one of the most...
