Watership Down author Richard Adams dies

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lars63
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Watership Down author Richard Adams dies

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I hate posting things like this but thought I would put it up, I loved that book. Another casualty of 2016;

The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, has died aged 96, his daughter has said.
Juliet Johnson said her father had been "ailing for some time" but "died peacefully" on Christmas Eve.
Watership Down, a children's classic about a group of rabbits in search of a new home after their warren was destroyed, was first published in 1972.
Adams was 52 when he wrote it, after first telling the story to his two daughters on a long car journey.
It went on to become a best-seller, with tens of millions of copies bought around the world.
'Magical night'
Mrs Johnson told BBC Radio 4 she had a "long talk" with her father on the night before he died.
"I assured him that he was much loved, that he had done great work, that many people loved his books," she said.
She said an upcoming adaptation, which is due to air on the BBC next year, gave Adams "great composure and comfort". More:

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38446309
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Now he knows what I felt like when 1st watched that fucking movie
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tbh i didn't even realise he was still alive

RIP in pieces

btw the real Watership Down is a pretty cool place, doesn't afraid of anything, etc
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losCHUNK wrote:Now he knows what I felt like when 1st watched that fucking movie
:olo:

Not a patch on rats of nimh tho...
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also Duncton Wood, starring badgers :dts:
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