Real
name: Graham
Payn
Born:
25th April
1918 in Pietermaritzburg, South
Africa.
Died: Nov. 4th 2005 at the home he had
shared with Noël Coward in
Les Avants, in the Swiss Alps
above Montreux. He was 87.
Other:
Longtime
companion, lover and executor
of the estate of Noel Coward.
They lived together for years,
sharing a seaside home near Dover,
UK.
In 1931 Payn met his life-long companion NoëlCoward,
at an audition for Words and Music
in London. Their relationship
lasted until Cowards death and
in 1994 Graham Payn published
My Life with Noël Coward,
which contained many previously
unpublished writings.
Graham Payn wrote a book with
Barry Day called 'My Life with
Noel Coward'. Payn also wrote
'The Noel Coward Diaries' and
part wrote 'Noel Coward and his
Friends' |
