James Fox (born 19 November 1945) is a British journalist best known for his book '' White Mischief'', and for co-authoring ''Life'', the best-selling memoir of Rolling Stones' guitarist

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Life and career

Fox was born in

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, U.S. and worked as a journalist in Africa as well as reporting for London's '' Sunday Times''. His first book ''White Mischief'' is an account of the Happy Valley murder case in Kenya in 1941. He researched the book with Cyril Connolly in 1969 and it was later adapted into a film by

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in the 1980s. Fox also wrote ''The Langhorne Sisters'', also known as ''Five Sisters: The Langhornes of Virginia''. He married the fashion designer

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in 2001. They have a son, James "Jimmy" Lux Fox. The couple had separated in 2017.

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James Fox
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