Thursday, October 10, 2013
Australia criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read dies
Mark "Chopper" Read spent almost half his life behind bars
One of Australia's most notorious criminals, Mark "Chopper" Read, who later became a novelist, has died of liver cancer, his manager says.
Read spent 23 years in jail for kidnapping and malicious wounding but was never charged with murder, despite once claiming he had killed 19 people.
He became a best-selling crime author and successful artist after his release.
He was the inspiration for 2000 film Chopper, which starred Eric Bana.
The 58-year-old died on Wednesday at Royal Melbourne Hospital, his manager said. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2012.
Read grew up in Melbourne, and was a ward of the state by the time he was a teenager.
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