Keith Waterhouse
(1929-2009)

journalist, novelist, playwright, satirist, and newspaper reporter

Died aged 80

Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE (6 February 1929 – 4 September 2009) was a British novelist and newspaper columnist and the writer of many television series.

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creator of Billy Liar

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Leeds, United Kingdom

Keith Waterhouse. Born in nearby Low Road, his childhood love of reading led him to become a celebrated journalist, novelist, playwright and satirist. He began as a reporter with the Yorkshire Evening Post before pursuing a distinguished Fleet Street career. His creations include Billy Liar and the sitcom Queenie's Castle filmed on Quarry Hill. 1929-2009

Waterloo Street, Hunslet LS10 2NS, Leeds, United Kingdom where they was born near (1929)