Leonard 'Nipper' Read(1925-2020)

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Leonard 'Nipper' Read was born on 31 March 1925 in Nottingham, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Man Who Nicked the Krays, The London Programme (1975) and Danny Baker's Londoners (1987). He was married to Pat Allen and Marion Millar. He died on 7 April 2020 in the UK.

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Known for

The Man Who Nicked the Krays

Writer

The London Programme (1975)

The London Programme

9.0

TV Series

Self - Leader - Krays Investigation Squad

Danny Baker's Londoners

TV Series

Self

TV Series

Self - Ex-Chief Superintendent

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- Museum
Alternative names
- Leonard Read
Born
- March 31, 1925
- Nottingham, England, UK
Died
- April 7, 2020
- UK(complications from COVID-19)
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He passed the entrance examination for high school, but his father could not afford the cost of the uniform and books. Instead, he got a job in a cigarette warehouse. In 1943 he joined the Royal Navy, from which he was demobbed in 1946 with the rank of petty officer.

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