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Roland Huntford

British writer.

Born September 4th, 1927 in Cape Town. [ref]

Died January 23rd, 2026 at 98 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Occupations
biographer, historian, journalist, opinion journalist, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde