About Bill Boorne
Lived 1899 – 1974 (aged 74–75). Bill Boorne was a journalist and theatre critic.
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.
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