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4.8K views · 121 reactions | The world lost a true character today when a bloke from Kogarah who went global passed away. Clive James was the face and voice of so many of the world's big interviews, sparking some big laughs along the way. After a decade of illness, he died with a final wish involving Sydney Harbour. More: 7news.link/YOHFOa #CliveJames #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney | Facebook

When Mary Beard Met Clive James

Clive James 'FAME in the 20th Century' - Episode 8 (1981 - 1992)

Clive James' work included TV reviews; several autobiographies, starting with the famous 'Unreliable Memoirs'; poetry and the scripts for his many TV shows. The Australian-born raconteur, who remained the kid from Kogarah despite spending most of his life in the UK, has died at the age of 80. | 7.30

Mary Beard talks to Clive James

Clive James (RIP) Clive James reading his poem Japanese Maple, filmed exclusively by QPF in his Cambridge home in March 2016. Presented by Queensland Poetry Festival, in association with McCullough Robertson Lawyers. Camera: Renee Vaughan Sutherland Editor: Jacob Schiotz ---------- Japanese Maple Your death, near now, is of an easy sort. So slow a fading out brings no real pain. Breath growing short Is just uncomfortable. You feel the drain Of energy, but thought and sight remain: Enhanced, in f