Harold Pinter, CH (1930 -2008), dies on Christmas Eve 2008
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Shinjinee
Dec 25, 2008, 10:14:36 PM12/25/08
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Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 Hackney, East End, London - 24 December
2008), 2nd husband of Lady Antonia Fraser since 1980 and a Nobel
Laureate, has died aged 78, . Lady Antonia Fraser, who still uses her
first husband's name professionally, is the eldest daughter of two
(now deceased) nonagenarians the Earl and Countess of Longford. The
Countess was known as a biography; she was born Elizabeth Harman.
Labour politician Harriet Harman is a close relative of the late
Countess and of Lady Antonia and her siblings.
Pinter and Lady Antonia had no children together; they had an affair
through the 1980s before marrying. Sir Harold had one son by his
first wife who stopped talking to his father circa 1993 (15 years ago
according to the Daily Mail).
Daily Mail:
"He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, but was torn by angst
in his private life. Pinter married the actress Vivien Merchant in
1956, but they were divorced in 1980, the year he married Antonia
Fraser with whom he had been having an affair since 1975.
Miss Merchant never overcame the loss of her husband and had drunk
herself to death by 1982. "
New York Times:
"During the run of “No Man’s Land” Mr. Pinter began an affair with
Lady Antonia Fraser, the biographer and historian, who was then
married to Hugh Fraser, a conservative politician. In 1980 Mr. Pinter
and Lady Antonia were married, with Mr. Pinter becoming the substitute
paterfamilias of an extended family.
In addition to his wife, his survivors include his son, Daniel, and
his stepchildren, Benjamin, Damian, Orlando, Rebecca, Flora and
Natasha. Years ago his son changed his last name to Brand, his
maternal grandmother’s maiden name. He had been estranged from his
father, living as a recluse in Cambridgeshire. "
Honours include the CBE 1966 and the CH 2002. The Nobel Prize for
Literature came in 2005.
For more, see
New York Times obit http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/theater/26pinter.html?hp
Daily Mail: report
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1101502/Theatreland-mourning-Nobel-Prize-winning-playwright-Harold-Pinter-dies-aged-78.html
Shinjinee
2008), 2nd husband of Lady Antonia Fraser since 1980 and a Nobel
Laureate, has died aged 78, . Lady Antonia Fraser, who still uses her
first husband's name professionally, is the eldest daughter of two
(now deceased) nonagenarians the Earl and Countess of Longford. The
Countess was known as a biography; she was born Elizabeth Harman.
Labour politician Harriet Harman is a close relative of the late
Countess and of Lady Antonia and her siblings.
Pinter and Lady Antonia had no children together; they had an affair
through the 1980s before marrying. Sir Harold had one son by his
first wife who stopped talking to his father circa 1993 (15 years ago
according to the Daily Mail).
Daily Mail:
"He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, but was torn by angst
in his private life. Pinter married the actress Vivien Merchant in
1956, but they were divorced in 1980, the year he married Antonia
Fraser with whom he had been having an affair since 1975.
Miss Merchant never overcame the loss of her husband and had drunk
herself to death by 1982. "
New York Times:
"During the run of “No Man’s Land” Mr. Pinter began an affair with
Lady Antonia Fraser, the biographer and historian, who was then
married to Hugh Fraser, a conservative politician. In 1980 Mr. Pinter
and Lady Antonia were married, with Mr. Pinter becoming the substitute
paterfamilias of an extended family.
In addition to his wife, his survivors include his son, Daniel, and
his stepchildren, Benjamin, Damian, Orlando, Rebecca, Flora and
Natasha. Years ago his son changed his last name to Brand, his
maternal grandmother’s maiden name. He had been estranged from his
father, living as a recluse in Cambridgeshire. "
Honours include the CBE 1966 and the CH 2002. The Nobel Prize for
Literature came in 2005.
For more, see
New York Times obit http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/theater/26pinter.html?hp
Daily Mail: report
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1101502/Theatreland-mourning-Nobel-Prize-winning-playwright-Harold-Pinter-dies-aged-78.html
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