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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harry Cockburn

Jeffrey Archer, former Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86

Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer in his penthouse suite on the Albert Embankment, London in September 2018. Photograph: Geoff Pugh/Shutterstock

The author and former politician Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86.

Archer, who was a Conservative MP for five years before serving as the party’s deputy chairman, died “suddenly and peacefully” at his home “between writing sessions” on Monday, his publisher Harper Collins said.

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