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Author Paul Quarrington Dies Aged 56

Posted at 5:53PM Friday 22 Jan 2010

Canadian author Paul Quarrington, whose work includes the award-winning novel Whale Music, has died at the age of 56.

Quarrington, also an accomplished guitarist and screenwriter, died at his Toronto home, from lung cancer.

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