About Ivan Shakespeare
Lived 1952 – 2000 (aged 47). Ivan Shakespeare was a British writer.
Ivan Shakespeare (19 July 1952 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire – 3 February 2000 in London) was a British comedy writer. A commissioned writer on the BBC Radio 4 show Week Ending, Shakespeare was also commissioned to pen the radio comedy series, A Square of One's Own, and the BBC political satire show Bremner, Bird and Fortune.
He died at age 47 from a heart attack.
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Who was Ivan Shakespeare?
comedy writer (1952-2000)
When was Ivan Shakespeare born?
Ivan Shakespeare was born on 19 July 1952.
When did Ivan Shakespeare die?
Ivan Shakespeare died on 3 February 2000.
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Ivan Shakespeare was a writer.
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Ivan Shakespeare was British.
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