6/7/2023 0 Comments Knockdown by Dick FrancisHe died of natural causes on 14 February 2010 at his Caribbean home in Grand Cayman, survived by both sons.įrancis wrote more than 40 international bestsellers. In 2006, Francis had a heart bypass operation in 2007 his right leg was amputated. In the 1980s, Francis and his wife moved to Florida in 1992, they moved to the Cayman Islands, where Mary died of a heart attack. In October 1945, he met Mary Margaret Brenchley (17 June 1924 - 30 September 2000), whom he married in June 1947 in London they had two sons, Merrick and Felix (born 1953). During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force, piloting fighter and bomber aircraft, including the Spitfire and Hurricane. He left school at 15 without any qualifications, with the intention of becoming a jockey and became a trainer in 1938. He was the son of a jockey and stable manager and he grew up in Berkshire, England. His autobiography says that he was born at his maternal grandparent's farm at Coedcanlas on the estuary of the River Cleddau, roughly a mile north-west of Lawrenny. Some sources report his birthplace as the inland town of Lawrenny, but at least two of his obituaries stated his birthplace as the coastal town of Tenby. Francis was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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