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Anne Perry Dies: British Crime Author Whose Murder Role Was Subject Of ‘Heavenly Creatures’ Film Was 84

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Anne Perry, whose crime writing was shadowed by her role in a murder that was spotlighted in Peter Jackson’s 1994 film, Heavenly Creatures, has died at 84.

Perry died in a Los Angeles hospital, her agent Meg Davis confirmed. She had been in steady decline since suffering a heart attack in December, Davis said.

The author served five years in prison starting when she was 15 for bludgeoning Honoah Mary Parker, her best friend’s mother.

She was then known as Juliet Hulme, later adopting a pen name in her writing career. The crime happened n Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1954, and involved the two friends plotting the murder.

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