The day my friend Freddie Forsyth revealed to me who was the real-life Jackal: MARCUS SCRIVEN ⊕
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Freddie - as he was known to all his friends and, quickly, even new acquaintances - said he met the man while covering the Biafran War in the late 1960s.
Revealed: How Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth considered using 'dubious' criminal contacts to punish con man who embezzled his fortune ⊖⊖
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Forsyth spoke to the BBC just weeks before his death in June, for a documentary that airs tonight. He told how he was 'too trusting' of tycoon Roger Levitt.
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Armed Forces Day banned from featuring military equipment by Labour council 'over fears of protests from pro-Palestine demonstrators' ○
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York City Council ignited fury over its 'absolutely bonkers' decision to bar one of its local army units from attending its Armed Forces Day celebration with its Jackal vehicle amid protest fears.
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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: What Frederick Forsyth really thought about Eddie Redmayne's Day Of The Jackal ○
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'I got the royalties,' he told a chum, rubbing a thumb against his fingers, making the universal sign of filthy lucre.
‘He changed the rules for all of us who came after’: Lee Child remembers Frederick Forsyth ○
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Forsyth did away with the conventions of thriller-writing and still kept readers enthralled. He reset the whole genre, the author of the Jack Reacher novels writes
• Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jack…
Frederick Forsyth interview: ‘I’ve always been a loner’ – archive, 1973 ○
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The Guardian meets the author of the bestseller The Day of the Jackal as it is about to open as a film
Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86
9 June 1973
Continue reading...How Freddie Forsyth wrote The Day Of The Jackal in 35 days - and based his novels on his life as an MI6 spy. But after passing away eight months after the death of his wife of 30 years, did he die of a broken heart? ○
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His gripping thrillers made him one of Britain's most successful writers. But the extraordinary life of Frederick Forsyth was every bit as exciting as the novels that made his name and fortune.
Frederick Forsyth, former spy and Day of the Jackal author, dies aged 86 ○
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Approached by Britain’s MI6 while reporting on Nigeria's Biafra War, he mined his experiences for literary inspiration.
Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86 ○
Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellers
Frederick Forsyth, the author who turned his ad…
Frederick Forsyth dies: Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent passes away aged 86 ○
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Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth has died after a brief illness at the age of 86.