The late Terence Davies was a British screenwriter, film director, and novelist. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, and the collage film Of Time and the City, as well as literature adaptations, such as The House of Mirth.
Terence Davies dies aged 77: Cause of death
According to our findings, Terence Davies died from an undisclosed illness. He died in his home peacefully at the age of 77 on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
Terence Davies dies aged 77: obituary
Terence Davies was born in Kensington, Liverpool, Merseyside on November 10, 1945, as the youngest of ten children of working-class Catholic parents. He left school at 16 to work for ten years as a shipping office clerk and as an unqualified accountant, before leaving Liverpool to attend Coventry Drama School.
Davies attended the National Film School, completing Madonna and Child (1980), a continuation of the story of Davies’ alter ego, Robert Tucker, covering his years as a clerk in Liverpool. His first two features, Distant Voices, Still Lives and The Long Day Closes, are autobiographical films, set in Liverpool in the 1940s and 1950s.
Terence Davies dies aged 77: funeral arrangements
Terence Davies’s funeral arrangements are yet to be announced by his family. Stay in touch to get any latest updates that will be published.
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