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Jeffrey Archer, novelist and former prisoner, dies
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Jeffrey Archer, the Conservative peer turned bestselling novelist, has died at 85 after a battle with cancer, according to reports. His life spanned parliament, a prison sentence for perjury in 2001, and a prolific writing career of thrillers and short stories that kept selling worldwide for decades. Readers and commentators are sharing tributes and revisiting his dramatic rise, fall and literary comeback.
Why now: The death of a famous and controversial British public figure naturally prompts widespread tributes and discussion of his remarkable life story.
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