Dick Francis CBE (1920-2010)

Dick Francis CBE , born Richard Stanley Francis (31st October 1920 - 14th February 2010) was a British horse racing crime writer and retired jockey. Dick Francis wrote more than 40 international bestsellers. His first book was his autobiography The Sport of Queens (1957) which led to him becoming the racing correspondent for London's Sunday Express newspaper, remaining in the job for 16 years. In 1962 he published his first thriller Dead Cert set in the world of racing. Subsequently he regularly produced a novel a year for the next 38 years, missing only 1998 (during which he published a short-story collection). Although all his books were set against a background of horse racing, his heroes held a variety of jobs from artist PUBLIC DOMAIN News item.

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[Mr75littlebay]

a gentleman of the old school rip

[fmannerings]

he is amazing, his books are brilliant and he was a fantastic jockey, rip :)

[bunnyhuntress]

I went to bed with Dick Francis many many nights :-)

[DarkOkami22]

That is quite an epic fall. Never seen a horse slide across on it's belly before. Love this guy, they just mentioned him on the Grand National.

[1Brian11]

Love his books, may he rest in peace...