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        1. Tributes have been paid to writer and broadcaster Deric Longden, who wrote a best-selling book about his wife's ME, who has died at the age of
        2. Deric Longden, who has died aged 76, wrote books that brought a gentle and life-enhancing humour to the problems of living with disability.
        3. Deric Longden was born in Chesterfield in and married Diana Hill in They had two children, Sally and Nick.
        4. About the Author.

          5. Deric Longden, who has died aged 76, wrote books that brought a gentle and life-enhancing humour to the problems of living with disability..

          Deric Longden

          English writer and autobiographer

          Deric Francis Longden (29 November 1936 – 23 June 2013) was a British writer, autobiographer, reporter, public speaker and broadcaster.

          Life and career

          Early years

          Longden was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was the son of Frederick Longden (16 September 1908 – 1969) and Annie Mary Longden (née Wright, 23 August 1910 – 1988) who were married in 1933.[2][3] Longden left school at 15.

          He married Diana Hill in 1958 and they had two children together, a son and a daughter.[3]

          After various jobs he took over a small women's lingerie factory, but began writing and broadcasting in the 1970s for programmes like Does He Take Sugar? and Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[3] Longden worked for BBC Radio Derby for around 30 years and was also a football reporter.[4] Most of his work was based on his own experience.[3] His wife Diana's illness, which left