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David Seidler dies aged 87: Academy Award winner and writer of The King's Speech passes away while fly-fishing in New Zealand
The Academy Award winner was fly-fishing in New Zealand when he passed away on Saturday, though no cause was given.
David wrote the stage and screen versions of the acclaimed play - which went on to bag Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor gongs at the Oscars for the 2023 film. His unexpected friendship with speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) in the lead up to World War II was another key theme of the film. He discovered how the Queen Mother tracked down Logue, who was working in London in the 1920s, and beseeched him to help Bertie, who froze every time he was called upon to make a speech.
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