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Clive James - 'I'm a man who is approaching his terminus' (Main Forum)
by desi 
, Australia, Monday, June 25, 2012, 07:43 (330 days ago)
The prolific writer and critic Clive James, who has long guarded his family's privacy, has let it be known that he is losing his two-year struggle with leukaemia and may never see his native Sydney again. "I'm getting near the end; I'm a man who is approaching his terminus," he said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jun/21/rennaisance-man-clive-james-sydney?intcmp...
Link to listen to original broadcast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k1ls1
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Other articles:
Thank God for Clive James
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/24/thank-god-for-clive-james?INTCMP=SRCH
How Clive James transformed the role of television critic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jun/24/clive-james-tv-critic-donald-trelford?INT...
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by gezz , Melb, Monday, June 25, 2012, 08:36 (330 days ago) @ desi
I want Clive to hang on a few more years - so entertaining.
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Sorry to hear that Clive James is approaching his terminus. He may be different in his view from me and mine, but he has given me many good laughs. May God grant him a terminus free of pain and struggle.
How very sad his early life was, as his father, having survived the horrors of a prisoner-of-war camp in Japan, was kiled in a plane crash on his way home to Australia. What a terrible blow it must have been for Clive's mother and family, and how it cast shadows over his life.
J A Holznagel
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by desi , Australia, Monday, June 25, 2012, 14:36 (330 days ago) @ judith
He said that he thinks that his father only held him once (as a new-born) before he went off to war.
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by Sandra , Monday, June 25, 2012, 18:51 (330 days ago) @ desi
CLIVE James is not dead. He's not close to dead. In fact, he's so not close to dead that he's pretty jolly well alive.
I just copied the above words from Google and they were posted there 7 hours ago. To the best of my knowledge Clive grew up in the same Sydney suburb where I did. He was born around the same time as my sister. We did not know him.
Just wondering now what is the truth as Google article denied the rumours he is close to terminating.
Sandra
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by desi , Australia, Monday, June 25, 2012, 19:11 (330 days ago) @ Sandra
Listening to the Radio Programme (link above) he is completely honest as to where he is with regard to his health.
He said that he is rather wistful that he won't be able to see Sydney again ('There wouldn't be enough space on the plane fo all the oxygen I'd need!').
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