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Writer's death link to curse of Conan Doyle.(News)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20040424
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Byline: Sarah Probert

A leading expert on fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes grew paranoid that people were plotting against him and trying to smear his name before dying in mysterious circumstances, an inquest heard yesterday.

Richard Lancelyn Green, aged 50, who co-edited a book about Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was found garrotted in his bed surrounded by cuddly toys and a bottle of gin.

He died from asphyxiation after a shoelace garrotte was tightened around his neck using a wooden spoon at his south Kensington home but it is unclear whether or not he ...

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