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Richard Kidd Drowns In Philippines

The painter and children's author Richard Kidd, who created the lobster chef Monsieur Thermidor, died at the weekend while swimming at a popular tourist site in the Philippines. The police said he was overpowered by strong currents beneath the Dunsulan falls in Bataan province, west of the capital Manila...

Such a shame. ACHUKA greatly admired his young adventure fiction, such as The Giant Goldfish Robbery

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