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Jeffrey Archer: successful novelist, disgraced politician and convicted liar

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Politician and best-selling author whose career was mired in scandal and disgrace.

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  • Reported by BBC Culture and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:39:45 UTC.

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Jeffrey Archer Dies: Bestselling ‘Kane & Abel’ Author & Politician Was 86

Jeffrey Archer, the prolific British author and former politician, has died at the age of 86. Archer’s publisher HarperCollins confirmed his death in a statement, revealing that the Kane & Abel writer died “suddenly and peacefully at home” on Monday.

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