Rumpole creator passes away

[iJohnHenry]

He had a long life, for sure, and many of us have laughed at the antics of his favourite barrister.

R.I.P.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aPThdHeWOdpw&refer=home

 

[IJ Reilly]

That would be John Mortimer, for the unwashed. He was writing Rumpole novels to the very end.

I will be raising a glass of Chateau Thames Embankment to his memory.

 

[Loge]

No one should forget his adapted screenplay for Brideshead Revisited - some of the best TV ever.