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This article is about a person who has recently died. Some information, such as the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change rapidly as more facts become known. Alan Coren Born 27 June 1938 Paddington, London, England Died 18 October 2007 (aged 69) London, England Occupation Humorist and writer Alan Coren (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007) was an English humorist, writer and satirist who was well known as a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist and writer and for nine years was the editor of Punch magazine. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... // The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Later years 4 References [edit] Early life Alan Coren was born in Paddington, London in 1938.[1][2][3] The son of a builder and plumber, Coren was educated at East Barnet Grammar School before getting a scholarship at Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a First in English and took a Master's degree.[4][5] Folllowing that he studied for a doctorate in modern American literature at Yale and the University of California.[4] After considering an academic career, Coren decided instead to become a writer and journalist.[2] He begun this career by selling articles to Punch and was later offered a full-time job there.[5] At this time he also wrote for The New Yorker.[4] Succededing John Cleese, in 1973 Coren became the Rector of the University of St Andrews and remained so until 1976.[4] For other places with the same name, see Paddington (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... 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He remained as editor until 1987 when the circulation began to decline.[6] From 1971 to 1978, Coren wrote a television review column for The Times and a humour column for the Daily Mail from 1972 to 1976.[2] When he left Punch in 1987 he edited The Listener until 1989.[4] From 1984 Coren worked as a television critic for the Mail on Sunday until he moved to the Sunday Express as humourous coloumnist, which he left in 1996.[4][6] Known as the "Sage of Cricklewood", where he lived, his columns always contained humour and critcism. From 1975 to 1982 Coren wrote comic essays, such as Golfing for Cats and The Cricklewood Diet and from 1976 to 1983 he wrote the Arthur series of children's books.[4] In 1989 he started a column in The Times, which he continued for the rest of his life.[7] The Daily Mail is a British newspaper and the oldest tabloid, first published in 1896. ... The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC under Lord Reith in January 1929. ... The Daily Mail is a British newspaper and the oldest tabloid, first published in 1896. ... For other uses, see Daily Express (disambiguation). ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ... In 1977, while writing for The Observer, Tatler and The Times, Alan Coren began his broadcasting career when he became one of the regular panelists on BBC Radio 4's new satirical quiz show, The News Quiz.[5] In 1978 he wrote The Losers, an unsuccessful sitcom about a boxing promoter starring Leonard Rossiter and Alfred Molina.[2] He continued on The News Quiz until the year of his death. From 1996 to 2005 he was also one of two team captains on television's Call My Bluff. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 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Leonard Rossiter (born Liverpool, England, October 21st 1926 - died London, October 5th 1984) was a distinguished British actor, most widely known for his comedy roles in two British television series of the 1970s. ... Alfred Molina (born May 24, 1953) is an English actor of both the stage and screen. ... Call My Bluff is a British game show between two teams of three contestants. ... During his life he wrote nearly 20 books, many of which were collections of his newspaper columns.[4] One of Coren's most successful books was The Collected Bulletins of Idi Amin, a collection of his Punch articles regarding Amin and was rejected for publication in the United States on the grounds of racial sensitivity.[4][5] His other books included The Dog It Was That Died (1965), The Sanity Inspector (1974), All Except The Bastard (1978), The Lady from Stalingrad Mansions (1978), Rhinestone as Big as the Ritz (1979), Tissues for Men (1981), Bumf (1984), Seems Like Old Times: a Year in the Life of Alan Coren (1989), More Like Old Times (1990), A Year in Cricklewood (1991), Toujours Cricklewood? (1993), Alan Coren's Sunday Best (1993), A Bit on the Side (1995), Alan Coren Omnibus (1996), The Cricklewood Dome (1998), The Cricklewood Tapestry (2002) and Waiting for Jeffrey (2002).[4][2][6] Coren's final book, 69 For One, is due to be published later in 2007.[4] Idi Amin Dada (mid-1920s[1]–16 August 2003) was an army officer and president of Uganda. ... [edit] Later years In May 2006, Alan Coren was bitten by an insect that gave him septicaemia which led to him developing necrotising fasciitis.[8][4] Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... Sepsis (in Greek Σήψις, putrefaction) is a serious medical condition, resulting from the immune response to a severe infection. ... Necrotizing fasciitis or fasciitis necroticans, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, is a rare infection of the deeper layers of skin and subcutaneous tissues, easily spreading across the fascial plane within the subcutaneous tissue. ... He died from cancer in 2007 at his home in North London.[3][7] He will be buried in Hampstead Cemetery.[3] Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... North London is that part of London which is north of the River Thames. ... Hampstead Cemetery is situated on Fortune Green Road, London, at the upper extremity of the NW6 postcode. ... Alan Coren, who was Jewish, is survived by his wife, Anne (née Kasriel), whom he married in 1963.[2][9] Their two children, Giles and Victoria, are both journalists.[7] For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Giles Coren (born 1969 in Paddington, London) is a British journalist and broadcaster. ... Victoria Vicky Coren (born 1972) is a British writer, presenter and poker player. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... [edit] References Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Alan Coren ^ Index of Births registered in the July – September quarter 1938. General Register Office of England and Wales.  ^ a b c d e f "Obituary - Alan Coren", The Times, 20 October 2007.  ^ a b c Roche, Elisa. "Brilliantly funny Alan Coren dies, aged 69", Daily Express, 20 October 2007.  ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Obituary - Alan Coren", The Daily Telegraph, 20 October 2007.  ^ a b c d "Obituary: Alan Coren", BBC, 19 October 2007.  ^ a b c Reynolds, Stanley. "Obituary - Alan Coren", The Guardian, 20 October 2007.  ^ a b c "Broadcaster Alan Coren dies at 69", BBC, 19 October 2007.  ^ Notebook: Before I was so rudely interrupted. The Times (December 2006). ^ Kington, Miles. "Obituary - Alan Coren", The Independent, 20 October 2007.  Academic offices Preceded by John Cleese Rector of the University of St Andrews 1973 – 1976 Succeeded by Frank Muir Categories: Recent deaths | Current events as of October 2007 | 1938 births | 2007 deaths | Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford | British magazine editors | English humorists | English Jews | English journalists | English satirists | Jewish writers | Rectors of the University of St Andrews Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software. ... 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For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ... For other uses, see The Independent (disambiguation). ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... “Cleese” redirects here. ... The Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews is chosen every three years by the students of the University of St Andrews. ... Frank Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. ...

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