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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
English journalist
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1899
Death:
1974(Haywards Heath, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, United Kingdom)
Education:
Emanuel School
London Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employers:
The Evening News
Evening Standard
United Kingdom
The details
Biography
Bill Boorne (1899–1974) was an English theatre critic and journalist who wrote a column for London's Evening News and its successor, the Evening Standard.
Boorne was educated at Emanuel School, London, England.
He retired from the Evening Standard in 1967: he had worked for the paper for 30 years, including 20 years as the show business correspondent.
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 19 February 1968.
Boorne was associated with the Northcliffe Golfing Society.
He died at Haywards Heath in 1974 aged 75.