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UK playwright Harold Pinter dies

by anamika.mis15 | December 25, 2008 at 07:12 am

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Although the stalwart of word but word cannot define this moment.There is no word that can explain the grief.So please pardon me...........i cannot write more than this.

Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter has died aged 78.

Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve, had been suffering from liver cancer, it is understood.

Pinter wrote more than 30 plays including The Caretaker, The Homecoming and The Dumb Waiter. His film scripts include The French Lieutenant's Woman.

His second wife, Lady Antonia Fraser, told the Guardian newspaper: "He was a great, and it was a privilege to live with him for over 33 years."

He had been due to pick up an honorary degree earlier this month from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London but was forced to withdraw due to illness.

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Jordan Yerman

at 07:17 on December 25th, 2008

What a shame. Pinter was a great talent whose work is immortal. The Birthday Party and The Caretaker have been performed constantly for around 50 years.

Hey, he invented the Pinter Pause.