Renowned Critic and TV Host Clive James Dies at 80
- He was diagnosed with leukemia and emphysema in 2010
- His biggest success came with a five-volume autobioghraphy
Clive James in Granada's late night rock show 'So It Goes' in 1976.
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Clive James, the Australian expatriate who forged a career in the U.K. as a television chat-show host and as a writer of more than 30 books for five decades, has died. He was 80.
He died at home in Cambridge, England, on Nov. 24, according to the Associated Press, citing his representatives, United Agents. James was diagnosed with leukemia and emphysema in 2010, and also suffered from kidney failure.