Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died. He was 74.
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Heaney was born near Toomebridge, Northern Ireland, but as a child moved to Bellaghy in County Derry.
He won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The acclaimed writer had been living in Dublin and suffering from ill health.
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View a broadcast from 1989 of Seamus Heaney discussing his life and career.
