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Paul1965

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RIP Clive James

Clive James died on Sunday and you can't help feeling that someone with a great intellect and sense of humour has passed on. I must have read and re-read his Unreliable Memoirs at least ten times and it never failed to make me laugh.


	Quote: Any encounter with James, either in print or in person, left you desperate to go and open a book, watch a film or a TV show, or hunt down a recording," said Don Paterson, poetry editor at James's publisher Picador. "With Clive's passing we lose the wisest and funniest of writers, a loyal and kind friend, and the most finely-stocked mind we will ever have the fortune to encounter."

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steve74

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Re: RIP Clive James

Indeed, loved his shows and in interviews he always came across as a genuinely likeable guy. R.I.P.

Edit: caught the end of Mary Beard’s interview with Clive James on BBC 2 tonight, I expect this is on the iPlayer. Despite in frail health, he still had a twinkle in his eyes and a keen sense of humour. Such a sad loss.

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