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  • Jeremy Sandford, 72, Playwright Concerned With Homelessness (Guess Which Paper Wrote This Headline?)

    05/18/2003 11:28:26 PM PDT · by Timesink · 6 replies · 187+ views
    Associated Press ^ | May 19, 2003
    May 19, 2003 Jeremy Sandford, 72, Playwright Concerned With Homelessness LONDON, May 18 (AP) — Jeremy Sandford, whose 1967 television play "Cathy Come Home" made homelessness the subject of a national debate in Britain, died on Monday in Hatfield, north of London. He was 72. The cause of death was not disclosed. "Cathy Come Home," directed by Ken Loach, told of an impoverished couple who become homeless. The social workers they meet are shown as unfeeling and unhelpful, and they remove the children from their distraught mother. The film resulted in some local authorities' discontinuing their policy of separating poor...