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David Anthony Yallop (27 January 1937 – 23 August 2018) was a British author who wrote chiefly about unsolved crimes. In the 1970s, he contributed scripts for a number of
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comedy shows. In the same decade he also wrote 10 episodes for the ITV court drama, ''
Crown Court''.
His controversial book, ''In God's Name: An Investigation Into the Murder of Pope John Paul I'' (1984), posited that Pope John Paul I, found dead at age 65 in his chambers barely a month after becoming pope in 1978, had been poisoned by secretive Masons who had infiltrated the Vatican and the Vatican Bank. Reviewers, and the Church, dismissed the book as groundless conspiracy theory. The book made the
New York Times Best Seller list for 15 weeks, was translated into multiple languages, and was repeatedly reprinted, selling over six million copies.
In October 1992 he lost his job when, as a scriptwriter for ''
EastEnders'', he proposed killing some of the characters by means of an
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bomb. Yallop successfully sued the BBC for
breach of contract. He was also one of the co-authors of
Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was one of the six members of the surreal comedy group Monty Python. He portrayed authority figures such as The Colonel and the lead role in two P ...
's autobiography, ''
A Liar's Autobiography (Volume VI)''.
Yallop described himself as a "Catholic agnostic".
Yallop suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his later years. He died aged 81 in London on 23 August 2018, leaving a widow (his second wife, Anna Rutherford), three daughters, and a son. The cause of death was complications of pneumonia.
Daniel E. Slotnik, "David Yallop, Who Wrote of Crime and Conspiracy, Dies at 81," ''The New York Times'', September 14, 2018.
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Books
His books include:
*''To Encourage The Others'' (about the Craig/Bentley murder case)
*''The Day The Laughter Stopped'' (a biography of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked w ...
)
*''Beyond Reasonable Doubt?'' (the conviction of New Zealand farmer Arthur Allan Thomas
Arthur Allan Thomas (born 2 January 1938) is a New Zealand man who was granted a Royal Pardon and compensation after being wrongfully convicted of the murders of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in June 1970. Thomas was married and farming a property in ...
(later pardoned), for the murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe
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David Harvey Crewe (20 October 1941 – 17 June 1970) and Jeannette Lenore Crewe (née Demler; 6 February 1940 – 17 June 1970) were a New Zealand farming couple who were shot to death in their home around 17 June 1970. The murders ...
) was made into a docu-drama feature film, 1978,
*''Deliver Us From Evil'' (about the Yorkshire Ripper
Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020) was an English serial killer who was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper (an allusion to Jack the Ripper) by the press. Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting t ...
)
*'' In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul I ( la, Ioannes Paulus I}; it, Giovanni Paolo I; born Albino Luciani ; 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 26 August 1978 to his death 33 days later. Hi ...
'', Bantam Books, 1984
*''To the Ends of the Earth'' (about the capture of Carlos the Jackal)
*''How They Stole the Game'' (about corruption in football)
*''Unholy Alliance'' (about the international drug trade and resultant political corruption)
*''The Power and the Glory: Inside the Dark Heart of Pope John Paul II's Vatican'' (about the Papacy of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
)
*''Beyond Belief'' (about the sexual abuse allegations in the Catholic Church)
*''Ratlines'' (about how Nazis escaped with the help of the Vatican)
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1937 births
2018 deaths
British agnostics
British non-fiction writers
Former Roman Catholics
British crime journalists
British dramatists and playwrights
British male dramatists and playwrights
People from London
Critics of the Catholic Church
Male non-fiction writers
Deaths from pneumonia in England
Neurological disease deaths in England
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease