The Washington Post, April 20th, 1989
Daphne du Maurier, 81, a novelist and short-story writer whose tales of romance, mystery, suspense and intrigue captivated millions of readers all over the world, died in her sleep yesterday at her home in Cornwall, in the southwest of England. The cause of death was not reported. Miss du Maurier was best known as the author of "Rebecca," a 1938 best-selling novel that later became a movie classic, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it won an Academy Award for the best motion picture of 1940. She also wrote "The Birds," "My Cousin Rachel," "Jamaica Inn" ...
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