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Friday, 24 September 2004

Someone who used to be nearly famous died

Nigel Nicolson: Publisher, writer and politican who opposed the Tories on Suez, printed Lolita and chronicled his eminent parents' lives and loves

He was 87. Good innings. But mainly noted for being the son of Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson.

Posted by on Friday, 24 September 2004 at 13:02 in Death |

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