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George Macdonald Fraser
is dead :(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7169047.stm
Had a good innings, but a real shame he never filled in all the gaps in Flashman's memoirs.
For anyone not familiar with the Flashman books, I cannot recommend them highly enough. Funny, exciting, extremely informative, and containing some really moving moments to offset their otherwise all pervasive cynicism. If you like histrical fiction, then I suggest you get stuck in without delay.