John Mortimer RIP

Quote: Griff @ January 16 2009, 1:21 PM GMT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/16/rumpole-john-mortimer-dies

I'm sure many of us on here have enjoyed John Mortimer's work over the years, particularly the Rumpole TV and radio series, and his superb novels and short stories. He was a very great comic writer.

I was lucky enough to go and see him doing a show at the King's Head theatre a year or two ago where he read extracts from his own work and other peoples, and generally chatted about his life. A marvellous man.

RIP John Mortimer.

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I agree with all that. JM's Rumpole books are superb as was the TV series. sadly missed.

He and Peter Ustinov could bore for Britain. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ustinov was funny.

Oh no, I regret that he's died, of course, but you have to be honest.

A great shame. Rumpole is one of the great British characters and Mortimer's Brideshead Revisited adaptation was superb.

Yep, a shame. Mortimer was more than a good writer.

You Bad Dog, you. Ustinov boring? He'd be at my dinner table any night. It'd take the other guests' minds of my food.

RIP. Ustinov boring? tsk tsk.

Sad news. Great character in Rumpole, loved the series.