| Kenneth Tynan  Born: 2-Apr-1927
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Died: 26-Jul-1980
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Emphysema
Remains: Buried, Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Critic Nationality: England
Executive summary: British theatre critic Father: Sir Peter Peacock ("Peter Tynan", d. 1948)
Mother: Letitia Rose Tynan
Wife: Elaine Dundy (m. 25-Jan-1951, div. 1964, one daughter)
Daughter: Tracy Tynan (b. 1952)
Wife: Kathleen Halton (m. 1967, until his death, one son, one daughter)
Son: Matthew
Daughter: Roxana
High School: King Edward's School, Birmingham
University: BA English, Magdalen College, Oxford University
The Spectator Theatre Critic (1951)
London Evening Standard Theatre Critic (1952-53)
The Daily Sketch Theatre Critic (1953-54)
The Observer Theatre Critic (1954-63)
Fair Play for Cuba Committee
Royal Society of Literature
Risk Factors: Smoking, Alcoholism
Author of books:
He That Plays the King (1950)
Persona Grata (1953, with Cecil Beaton)
Alec Guinness (1953)
Bull Fever (1955)
Curtains (1961)
Tynan Right and Left (1968)
A View of the English Stage 1944-1965 (1975)
Show People: Profiles in Entertainment (1979)
The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan (2001, journal)
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