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Susan Lillian
"
Sue
"
Townsend
,
FRSL
(2 April 1946 – 10 April 2014) was an
English
novelist
and
playwright
. She was best known as the author of the
Adrian Mole
books. Most of her works combined
comedy
with social commentary and also wrote purely
dramatic
works. She was born in
Leicester
,
Leicestershire
.
Townsend was
diagnosed
with
diabetes
in the 1980s. She
received
a
kidney
from her elder son in 2009. She had a
stroke
in 2012. She died on 10 April 2014 at her home in Leicester after having another
stroke
. She was 68 years old.
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