David Yallop

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David Anthony Yallop (born January 27, 1937 in London ; † August 31, 2018 there ) was a British author and screenwriter .

Life

Yallop has worked as a writer and screenwriter since 1968, a . a. for Monty Python .

He has published several investigative books on real or supposed criminal cases. For example, Yallop dealt with the cases of the Yorkshire Ripper and the British Derek Bentley , who was executed in 1953 for a murder he did not commit. Yallop achieved international fame with the book In the Name of God? In which he theories about the death of Pope John Paul I set up. For example, Yallop claimed that the Pope was poisoned in 1978 because he wanted to expose and eliminate corrupt machinations of the Vatican Bank in connection with the affair of the Masonic Lodge Propaganda Due (P2).

Some of the scripts were also penned by David Yallop. From 1975 to 1976 he wrote screenplays for the television series Crown Court , 1980 the screenplay for the New Zealand television film Without any doubt , 1990 for the feature film Chicago Joe and the Showgirl and from 1984 to 1993 screenplays for the television series Minder .

Works

  • To Encourage the Others , 1971 (on the fall of Derek Bentley), Corgi, 1990, ISBN 0-552-13451-1 (English)
  • The Day the Laughter Stopped , 1976 (about the Fatty Arbuckle scandal )
  • Beyond Reasonable Doubt? , 1978 (about a murder in New Zealand)
  • Deliver Us From Evil , 1981, German 1989: … and deliver us from evil (story of the Yorkshire Ripper), Droemer Knaur, 1989, ISBN 3-426-03951-6
  • In God's Name , 1984, German 1984: In the name of God? (on the death of Pope John Paul I), Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-499-61175-9
  • To the Ends of the Earth: The Hunt for the Jackal , 1993, German 1993: The Conspiracy of Liars (on terrorism), Droemer Knaur, 1995, ISBN 3-426-77138-1
  • Unholy Alliance , 1999, German 1999: Unheilige Allianz (political thriller), Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-462-02847-2
  • How They Stole the Game , 1999, German: How the game was lost (about corruption in football), ISBN 3-430-19875-5
  • The Power and the Glory , 2007 (on the Vatican under John Paul II)

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personal data
SURNAME Yallop, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yallop, David A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2018
Place of death London