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- James Leavey was born on December 9, 1947 in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK. He was married to Gwenda Silsby and Flora Camboni. He died on August 19, 2023 in England, UK.
- SpousesGwenda Silsby(1994 - August 19, 2023) (his death)Flora Camboni (divorced, 2 children)
- Mother Mary Leavy. Father Warner Pfeifer was a German U-Boat captain and prisoner of war.
- Wrote regularly for Cigar Journal and other magazines.
- Left St Anthony's school in Penge at 15 and, despite his headmaster saying he had no future as a journalist, within three months he had written his first article for a weekly magazine called Southern Africa, where he worked as an editorial assistant.
- Has a daughter Francesca and a son Jerome from his first marriage.
- Deputy editor of Database, the magazine for Post Office computing staff in 1980.
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