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Sue Townsend – a life in pictures

Sue Townsend: Sue Townsend stands in front of a poster of her book The Secret Diary of Ad
Sue Townsend in front of a poster of her book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole in 1984 Photograph: Associated Newspapers /REX
Sue Townsend: Sue Townsend at her home in Leicester, 1985
Sue Townsend at her home in Leicester, 1985 Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images
Sue Townsend: Gian Sammarco, Beryl Reid, Julie Walters and Stephen Moore in The Secret Di
Gian Sammarco, Beryl Reid, Julie Walters and Stephen Moore in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, 1985 Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features
Sue Townsend: Gian Sammarco in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Gian Sammarco in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Photograph: Fremantle Media/Rex Features
Sue Townsend: Sue Townsend at home in Leicester, 1992
Sue Townsend at home in Leicester, 1992 Photograph: Times Newspapers/REX
Sue Townsend: Sue Townsend book signing for Adrian Mole the Wilderness Years, 1993
Sue Townsend book signing for Adrian Mole the Wilderness Years, 1993 Photograph: Stephen Barker/Rex Features
Sue Townsend: Lizzie Mcinnerney and Paula Wicox posing for the Sue Townsend play The Quee
Lizzie Mcinnerney and Paula Wicox pose for Sue Townsend's play The Queen and I, 1994 Photograph: Roy Jones/REX
Sue Townsend: Justine the stripper with her snake Max and Adrian Mole (Stephen Mangan) in
Stephen Mangan as Adrian Mole in 2001, along with Lynn Lowton as Justine the stripper and her snake, Max Photograph: Manuel Harlan/BBC
Sue Townsend: Sue Townsend at home in Leicester, 2007
Sue Townsend at home in Leicester, 2007 Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian
Sue Townsend: Sue Townsend at home in Leicester, 2011
Sue Townsend at home in Leicester, 2011 Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex Features
Sue Townsend: Sue Townsend in London
Sue Townsend in London Photograph: Ben Mcmillan/Penguin/EPA
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