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| Born | Sandra Boyce-Carmichelle (1929-06-30)30 June 1929 |
| Died | 26 December 2005(2005-12-26) (aged 76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Camberwell College of Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
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| Children | 4 |
Sandra Fawkes (néeBoyce-Carmichelle; 30 June 1929 – 26 December 2005) was aBritish journalist.
Fawkes was found as a baby in theGrand Union Canal.[1] She never discovered the identity of her birth parents.[2] Her birth was registered in the third quarter of 1929 as Unity Pansy Boyce-Carmichele.[3] (The birthdate above is presumably an approximation.)
Fawkes studied atCamberwell School of Art underJohn Minton. In 1949, she marriedWally Fawkes, author of the cartoon stripFlook. The couple had four children, of whom the first died ofSIDS.[2][3] In the 1960s she worked as fashion editor for bothVanity Fair and theDaily Sketch, and then in the 1970s, feature writer for theDaily Express.[4]
In 1974, Fawkes went to the United States on an unsuccessful assignment to try and interview several celebrities, including Vice-PresidentSpiro Agnew.[5] During this time she had a three-day affair with a man who turned out to be the serial killerPaul Knowles, and wrote a best selling book,Killing Time, later republished asNatural Born Killer.[6][7] She said Knowles had been going by the name Daryl Golden and was unsatisfying in the bedroom, requiring self-stimulation in order to havesex.[8][9] Later she was distraught to find out her acquaintance Susan MacKenzie had almost beenraped by the killer at gunpoint following their time together.[10]
Fawkes died on 26 December 2005.[1]
She ghostwroteChristine Keeler's autobiography,Nothing But.[4] Her tutor John Minton introduced her toSoho's drinking culture and she became a denizen of Soho's pubs and drinking clubs, in particularThe French House, theCoach & Horses andThe Colony Room Club. As a result, she appeared several times in thePrivate Eye cartoon stripThe Regulars byMichael Heath and had a small part inJohn Maybury's filmLove Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon.
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