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"The playwright and novelist John Mortimer has died peacefully this morning (05.30) after a long illness. Members of his family were with him. He was 85.

For more than thirty years he combined writing with his work as a barrister. He famously appeared for the defence in the trials on charges of obscenity of "Lady Chatterley's Lover". His most famous literary creation was Rumpole of the Bailey. He also adapted his own best-selling novel "Summer's Lease" for television and wrote screenplays for "Brideshead Revisited" and "I Claudius".

Alison Hindell, Head of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Drama said: "It's a great loss for the huge circle of his admirers, fans and friends who will always carry Rumpole and the other wonderful works he wrote, in their hearts." "

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