Paul Dehn

Distinguished, prolific British writer Paul Dehn was a versatile screenwriter, playwright, lyricist and film critic. Educated at Oxford, Dehn got his start in 1936 as a film critic for London tabloids...
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11/04/1912
Manchester, England
  • News Roundup: July 17
    By: Robert Sims July 17, 2001 2:09pm EST
    Deaths Poetic, of the rap group Gravediggaz, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a two-year battle against metastatic colon cancer, Launch.com reports. Poetic, whose real name was Anthony Berkeley, was 35. The cancer was diagnosed in 1999, after Berkeley collapsed in a recording studio. He was given only four months to live. He continued to record with Gravediggaz, and will be featured on the group's Aug. 23 release, Nightmare In A-Minor. He is survived by his wife, Dee Dee Hill.