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Birth Name: Daniel Negley Farson
Born: 8 January 1927 Died: 27 November 1997
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Daniel Negley Farson was a British writer and broadcaster, strongly identified with the early days of commercial television in the UK, when his sharp, investigative style contrasted with the BBC's more deferential culture.
Sensitive about his homosexuality, Farson was well-placed to make programmes about people outside the mainstream, and this lent an extra edge to his social commentaries about a fast-changing Britain.
Farson was a prolific biographer and autobiographer, chronicling the bohemian life of Soho and his own experiences of running a music-hall pub on London's Isle of Dogs. His memoirs were titled Never a Normal
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