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Jack Higgins
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Born
July 27
,
1929
·
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK
Died
April 9
,
2022
·
Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
(undisclosed)
Birth name
Henry Patterson
Height
5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Mini Bio
Jack Higgins was born on July 27, 1929 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK. He was a writer, known for
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
,
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
and
The Violent Enemy (1967)
. He was married to Denise Palmer and Amy Hewitt. He died on April 9, 2022 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
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Spouses
Denise Palmer
(1985 - April 9, 2022) (his death, 3 children)
Amy Hewitt
(1958 - 1984) (divorced, 1 child)
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Published 85 books during his lifetime. The final one in 2017 was titled The Midnight Bell.
He had an English father and a Northern Irish mother.
After a two-year stint of National Service, he qualified as a teacher and began to write novels on the side.
He was raised in Belfast until his mother remarried and he moved to Leeds.
Has four children from his first marriage, Sarah, Ruth, Sean and Hannah.
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