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David
Niven
Born the youngest of four children in
London
in 1910, David Niven is most well-known for successful acting career.
His films include Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Separate Tables (1958) which earned him his one and only Oscar, Bedtime
Story(1964), The Pink Panther (1963),
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), and
The Curse of the Pink Panther (1983). After
establishing himself as an accomplished actor, Niven proved also to be a
talented author, publishing two novels, Once
Over Lightly and Go Slowly, Come Back
Quickly, and two memoirs, The Moon’s
a Balloo, which became and international best-seller,
and Bring on the Empty Horses.
Niven was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and died in July 1983.
His obituary in the Times newspaper
summed up the kind of man Niven was: 'the
memory of an archetypal English gentleman, witty, debonair, immaculate in dress
and behaviour, but with mischief lurking never far from the surface.'
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