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Ludovic Kennedy

Posted at 7:09AM Tuesday 20 Oct 2009

Ludovic Kennedy, one of the leading broadcasters and writers of his generation, has died of pneumonia in a Wiltshire nursing home, aged 89.

Obituary in The Independent




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