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Bonnie Greer, British-American writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77

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Bonnie Greer, whose husband David Hutchins said her "intelligence, courage and distinctive voice made an enduring contribution to British cultural and public life," has died aged 77 after a brief illness.
Bonnie Greer, whose husband David Hutchins said her "intelligence, courage and distinctive voice made an enduring contribution to British cultural and public life," has died aged 77 after a brief illness.

Bonnie Greer, the Chicago-born novelist, playwright and cultural commentator who became one of Britain's most prominent public intellectuals, passed away Tuesday evening after a short illness. Her husband David Hutchins said her "intelligence, courage and distinctive voice made an enduring contribution to British cultural and public life." Greer was 77 and had lived in the UK since 1986, becoming a citizen in 1997.

Greer served on the boards of the Royal Opera House, the British Museum and the London Film School, and was chancellor of Kingston University.

Her playwriting training came under David Mamet in Chicago before she relocated to the UK, where she was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022.

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