16 August 1984: His canon of more than a 100 plays and books guarantees him a lasting place in 20th century English literature
‘They’ve been too long about giving me it,’ growled JB Priestley, when he joined the ranks of the Order of Merit - never more than 24 strong - after Benjamin Britten’s death. ‘There’ll be another vacancy very soon.’
He was wrong. It was not until Tuesday this week, nearly seven years later, that the Grand Old Tyke of English letters died peacefully at home, one month short of his 90th birthday.
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