Sir Tom Stoppard has died at the age of 88.

The playwright won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes and Dame Judi Dench.

The news of Sir Tom’s death was confirmed in a statement from his agents.

‘We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved client and friend, Tom Stoppard, has died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family.

‘He will be remembered for his works, for their brilliance and humanity, and for his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language.

‘It was an honour to work with Tom and to know him,’ the United Agents statement concluded. Born in Czechoslovakia, Sir Tom was forced to flee his home during the Nazi occupation and found refug

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