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Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter has died aged 78.Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter has died aged 78.
He had been ill with liver cancer, it is understood. Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve, had been suffering from liver cancer, it is understood.
Pinter wrote more than 30 plays including The Caretaker, The Homecoming and The Dumb Waiter. His film scripts include The French Lieutenant's Woman.Pinter wrote more than 30 plays including The Caretaker, The Homecoming and The Dumb Waiter. His film scripts include The French Lieutenant's Woman.
He was a CBE and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005. His second wife, Lady Antonia Fraser, told the Guardian newspaper: "He was a great, and it was a privilege to live with him for over 33 years."