Random Cutting - Oliver Reed Dies in Pub (1999)

Reblogged from my newspaper collection blog (mhill46-holdthefrontpage.blogspot.co.uk)

The Sun dated Monday May 3rd 1999

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What a shame that the star of ‘The Devils’, Ken Russell’s ‘Debussy’, ‘Women in Love’, ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘I'll Never Forget What's'isname’, ‘The Trap’ and ‘Oliver!’ and so many others, should be remembered this way – Oliver Reed, the drunken buffoon in a silly hat. 

                

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I offer no apology for including this more fitting tribute, not from The Sun but a cutting from The Independent – Oliver Reed, the professional film actor.