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John Mortimer dies
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 19 January 2009
Dramatist and author John Mortimer, as you may have seen, as it was all over the weekend news, has died at the age of 85 following a long illness.
Which may not sound music related, but the news of his demise is relevant because the former QC overturned the famous indecency case bought against a Nottingham record outlet for selling Sex Pistols album ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ in 1977.
He famously brought expert witnesses who testified that ‘bollocks’ was an old English word for a priest.
