I'm sorry to report that he has died.  Obituaries (one by our list's
Martin Anderson):

   http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4407882,00.html
   http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=292267

Virginia Knight
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