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Clive James: Australian broadcaster and author dies aged 80
The critic, author, poet and TV host was known for his witty commentary on international television.
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He wrote his own epitaph, published in the New Statesman and recorded for the BBC:
“Return of the Kogarah Kid”: a new poem by Clive James
“From here my ashes go back to the sea / And take my memories of every friend / And love, and anything still dear to me.”
BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Clive James reads his latest poem
A poem from writer and broadcaster Clive James