MAIL COMMENT: Farewell to a legend

The words 'Fleet Street legend' are all too easily bandied about, but today the Mail bids farewell to a man for whom the phrase could have been invented.

Keith Waterhouse, brilliant columnist, novelist, dramatist, wry observer of everyday life, creator of some of the greatest characters in modern fiction - among them Billy Liar - is finally putting down his pen, after an extraordinary career spanning 60 years - 23 of them writing his columns for the Mail.

His army of fans will miss him deeply - and the pages of this paper will be the poorer without him.

Keith Waterhouse: Fleet Street legend

Keith Waterhouse: Fleet Street legend


 

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