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Brendan Behan
Deceased

How Did Brendan Behan Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 41
NationalityIrelandBorn09/02/1923Died20/03/1964 (aged 41)Died inDublinCausediabetesWikidataQ313063 ↗Buried atGlasnevin CemeteryTMDb#96489 ↗

Brendan Francis Aidan Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. His widely acknowledged alcohol dependence, despite attempts to treat it, impacted his creative capacities and contributed to health and social problems which curtailed his artistic output and finally his life. He is widely regarded as one of Ireland's greatest writers.

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Filmography6 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2014Brendan Behan: The Roaring BoyMovieHimself91
1988A Hungry Feeling: The Life and Death of Brendan BehanMovieSelf65
1967OmnibusSeriesSelf44
1958Small WorldSeriesSelf35
1958MonitorSeries—35
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeriesSelf34