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Oscar winner David Seidler, writer of The King’s Speech, has died aged 86


Screenwriter who had stammer as a child wrote script about George VI, played by Colin Firth, overcoming speech impediment

US outlets reported that the British writer died on Saturday, during a fly-fishing trip in New Zealand, according to his manager, Jeff Aghassi. Aghassi said: “David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand – doing what gave him the greatest peace, which was fly fishing. Throughout his career Seidler wrote on a plethora of other projects including the animated children’s musicals The King and I, Quest for Camelot and Madeline: Lost in Paris.

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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