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Humphrey Carpenter
British writer and broadcaster (1946–2005).
Born April 29th, 1946 in Oxford.
Died January 4th, 2005 at 58 years old in Oxford (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Occupations
biographer, children's writer, critic, historian, jazz musician, journalist, novelist, radio personality
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi