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Douglas Adams Dead at 49

Author Douglas Adams, who wrote The Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy, has died suddenly aged 49.

Mr Adams died on Friday morning in Santa Barbara, California,
following a heart attack, said his spokeswoman Sophie Astin.

The author became a household name when the cult science fiction
novel was turned into a BBC TV series.

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