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Maurice Saatchi
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In the eighties, Maurice Saatchi and Josephine Hart were one of London’s most illustrious power couples. She was a beloved writer and poet, and he was a world renowned advertising mogul instrumental in bringing his heroine, Margaret Thatcher, to power.
For several decades they enjoyed a blissful marriage until a routine GP appointment led to Josephine’s cancer diagnosis. She died fourteen months later.
Since her death, Maurice has battled with his grief, building a library of her favourite books, and for a time, eating a breakfast of grapefruit segments at her tomb.
In his latest book Do Not Resuscitate: The Life and Afterlife of Maurice Saatchi, he imagines that he has died and is at the gates of heaven (topically turned into a border control and immigration centre). Does he deserve a spot? Can his sins be forgiven?
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