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Noel Botham (January 23, 1940 - November 23, 2012) was a British tabloid journalist and prolific author. He wrote books on the love-life of Princess Margaret and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, as well a series of books of obscure facts with the theme of "Useless Information".〔 (Obituary, Noel Botham )〕〔(Obituary, Noel Botham )〕 Also noted as a raconteur and publican, for many years he ran one of Soho's landmark pubs, The French House. ==Career== Botham was educated at Dulwich College and apprenticed on ''The Croydon Advertiser'', then became the foreign editor for the Daily Sketch at thje age of 21. He then proceeded to work for a large number of tabloids, including the ''News of the World''. In 1997, at the funeral of television presenter Hughie Green, Botham revealed that Green was the biological father of entertainer Paula Yates. Selling that information to the press may have earned him £100,000.〔 In 2008 Botham was portrayed by Danny Webb in the BBC Four drama ''Hughie Green, Most Sincerely''. After his death ''The Daily Telegraph'' referred to Botham as "one of the hard-drinking reporters who made British newspapers the liveliest in the world".〔 ''The Guardian'' called him "the epitome of a Fleet Street scandal-monger and happy to be regarded as such".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Noel Botham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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