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Events on Wednesday 9 August 1922 1
1922 – 1985Philip Larkin (1922-1985)Died 2 December 1985, aged 63Larkin was an English poet whose collections, including The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, made him one of the most admired British poets of the postwar era. He died in Hull, England, on 2 December 1985.