Dick King-Smith's Death

Born (Birthday) March 27, 1922

Death Date January 4, 2011

Age of Death 88 years

Cause of Death Natural Causes

Profession Children's Author

The children’s author Dick King-Smith died at the age of 88. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

English children’s author whose 1983 work, The Sheep-Pig, was later adapted into the popular film Babe. His more than a hundred other works for children include Tumbleweed, Cuckoobush Farm, The Finger Eater, Mr. Ape, and the Sophie series.

He had three children and was married twice. He wed Zona Bedding in 2001, a year after the death of his first wife, Myrle.