- Born
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- Birth nameHenry Patterson
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Jack Higgins was born on July 27, 1929 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Eagle Has Landed (1976), A Prayer for the Dying (1987) and The Violent Enemy (1967). He was married to Denise Palmer and Amy Hewitt. He died on April 9, 2022 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
- SpousesDenise Palmer(1985 - April 9, 2022) (his death, 3 children)Amy Hewitt(1958 - 1984) (divorced, 1 child)
- Published 85 books during his lifetime. The final one in 2017 was titled The Midnight Bell.
- He had an English father and a Northern Irish mother.
- After a two-year stint of National Service, he qualified as a teacher and began to write novels on the side.
- He was raised in Belfast until his mother remarried and he moved to Leeds.
- Has four children from his first marriage, Sarah, Ruth, Sean and Hannah.
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