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Old 01-16-2009, 07:24 AM   #1
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RIP, Sir John Mortimer
I see from the BBC News web site that Sir John Mortimer, author of the "Rumpole of the Bailey" books, has died at the age of 85.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7833156.stm
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Old 01-16-2009, 09:47 AM   #2
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I'm really sorry to learn of Mortimer's death. When I became a lawyer a lifetime ago, I had been inspired to become one by Rumpole. The death of Leo McKern ended the possibility of future Rumpole videos; the death of Sir John Mortimer ends the life of Rumpole.

I guess Sir John now faces S/He who must be obeyed forever.
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I guess Sir John now faces S/He who must be obeyed forever.
I doubt it--he was an atheist and presumably would not have believed in any after-life.
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I doubt it--he was an atheist and presumably would not have believed in any after-life.
But what you believe doesn't have any effect on what actually happens in the hereafter, so he may or may not be now facing that regardless.
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But what you believe doesn't have any effect on what actually happens in the hereafter, so he may or may not be now facing that regardless.
A Schroedinger's Author type experiment, eh? I loved the BBC series, but have never gotten around to reading the stories. I guess I am drawn to Every Man type characters.
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I loved the BBC series, but have never gotten around to reading the stories.
I thoroughly recommend them - they are very well written. Mortimer was a distinguished barrister himself, so he knew the area he wrote about very well indeed.
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