Blanche d'Alpuget dies aged 82
Acclaimed Australian author, biographer and journalist Blanche d'Alpuget has died at age 82 from influenza complications related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Best known for writing Australia's best-selling biography of Bob Hawke and her controversial decades-long affair with the former Prime Minister, d'Alpuget penned more than a dozen award-winning fiction and non-fiction works including Turtle Beach.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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