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Writer Peter O'Donnell has passed away at the age of 90 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
The scribe is best known as the creator of the catsuit-wearing heroine Modesty Blaise, who appeared in an Evening Standard strip between 1963 and 2002.
According to editor and fellow author Steve Holland, O'Donnell "kept in touch with fans and continued to pen introductions for Titan's Modesty reprints" despite his illness, reports The Times.
O'Donnell is also renowned for the adventure strips Garth and Romeo Brown, as well as his long-running comic adaptation of Ian Fleming's Dr No.
The writer also released historical romance novels under the pen name Madeleine Brent.
The scribe is best known as the creator of the catsuit-wearing heroine Modesty Blaise, who appeared in an Evening Standard strip between 1963 and 2002.
According to editor and fellow author Steve Holland, O'Donnell "kept in touch with fans and continued to pen introductions for Titan's Modesty reprints" despite his illness, reports The Times.
O'Donnell is also renowned for the adventure strips Garth and Romeo Brown, as well as his long-running comic adaptation of Ian Fleming's Dr No.
The writer also released historical romance novels under the pen name Madeleine Brent.
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