David Yallop
David Yallop | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Anthony Yallop 27 January 1937 London, England |
| Died | 23 August 2018 (aged 81) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
David Anthony Yallop (27 January 1937 – 23 August 2018) was a British author who wrote chiefly about unsolved crimes. In the 1970s, he contributed scripts for a number of BBC comedy shows, including Minder.[citation needed] In the same decade he also wrote 10 episodes for the ITV court drama, Crown Court.
His book, In God's Name: An Investigation Into the Murder of Pope John Paul I (1984), posited that
New York Times Best Seller list for 15 weeks, was translated into multiple languages, and was repeatedly reprinted, selling over six million copies.[1]
In late 1989 he was sacked as a
A Liar's Autobiography (Volume VI)
.
Yallop suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his later years.[3] He died of pneumonia in London on 23 August 2018.[4]
Books
His books include:
- To Encourage The Others (about the Craig/Bentley murder case)
- The Day The Laughter Stopped (a biography of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle)
- Beyond Reasonable Doubt? (the conviction of New Zealand farmer ISBN 0 552 13453 8
- Deliver Us From Evil (about the Yorkshire Ripper)
- In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I, Bantam Books, 1984
- To the Ends of the Earth (about the capture of Carlos the Jackal)
- How They Stole the Game (about corruption in football)
- Unholy Alliance (about the international drug trade and resultant political corruption)
- The Power and the Glory: Inside the Dark Heart of Pope John Paul II's Vatican (about the Papacy of Pope John Paul II)
- Beyond Belief (about the sexual abuse allegations in the Catholic Church)
- Ratlines (about how WWIIescaped with the help of the Vatican)
References
- ^ Daniel E. Slotnik, "David Yallop, Who Wrote of Crime and Conspiracy, Dies at 81," The New York Times, September 14, 2018.
- ^ The Guardian, The cutting edge, 18 October 1993
- ^ "David Yallop, author who fought for Arthur Allan Thomas release, has died". Stuff. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ Daniel E. Slotnik, "David Yallop, Who Wrote of Crime and Conspiracy, Dies at 81," The New York Times, September 14, 2018.
External links
- David Yallop at IMDb
