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Clive King, author of Stig of the Dump, dies aged 94

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The author Clive King, who was best known for beloved childrens classic Stig of the Dump, has died aged 94 at his home in Norfolk.

Publisher Puffin Books said in a statement: It is with sorrow that the family of Clive King, author of several popular childrens books, including the much-loved classic Stig Of The Dump, announce that he passed away in the county of Norfolk where he had made his home on 10 July 2018, aged 94.

He is survived by his widow Penny and three children. The family have requested privacy at this time and our heartfelt condolences are with them.

Clive King, author of Stig of the Dump, dies aged 94

Clive King has died aged 94 (Picture: Penguin)

Francesca Dow, the MD of Penguin Random House Childrens, said: We feel privileged and proud to be Clive Kings publisher and are sad to hear of his passing.

This year our Stone Age Stig is 55 years old.

However, the books depiction of the vivid interior life and imagination of a child, the delight of roaming free, making shelters and dens away from the grown-ups, as well as ideas such as the universal language of friendship – and even the importance of recycling – feel as fresh and relevant today as they did when Puffin first published it in 1963.

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I remember reading Stig Of The Dump when I was little and longing for a special secret Stig and dump of my own. We extend our thoughts and sympathies to the family.

Stig Of The Dump, first published in 1963, told the story of a young boy called Barney who comes across a caveman called Stig living in a dump at the bottom of a nearby chalk-pit.

Clive King Credit: Penguin

Stig of the Dump became a childrens classic after its release in 1963 (Picture: Penguin)

The book, which has sold more than two million copies, was inspired by Kings own adventures growing up with his three brothers in Kent.

Kings other books include Hamid Of Aleppo, his first book which was published in 1958, The Twenty-Two Letters, The Town That Went South, The Night The Water Came, Me And My Million and Ninnys Boat.

King was born in Richmond, Surrey, in 1924, before he and his family moved to Ash in Kent.

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