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| Sue Townsend's funeral to be held later in Leicester | Sue Townsend's funeral to be held later in Leicester |
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| Hundreds of mourners are expected to turn out for the Leicester funeral of author Sue Townsend. | Hundreds of mourners are expected to turn out for the Leicester funeral of author Sue Townsend. |
| It will be held at the 1,500-seat De Montfort Hall at 13:30 BST and shown on a big screen outside. | It will be held at the 1,500-seat De Montfort Hall at 13:30 BST and shown on a big screen outside. |
| There will be a collection of music and readings by friends and family, including Stephen Mangan who played Adrian Mole in a TV adaptation of one of her best-known books. | |
| A private family cremation service will be held afterwards. | A private family cremation service will be held afterwards. |
| The author, who was given the Honorary Freedom of Leicester, died in April after a short illness. | The author, who was given the Honorary Freedom of Leicester, died in April after a short illness. |
| Her popular series started with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4, in 1982 and the eighth instalment, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years, was released in 2009. | Her popular series started with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4, in 1982 and the eighth instalment, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years, was released in 2009. |
| But her works also included the bestseller The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year and The Queen and I. | But her works also included the bestseller The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year and The Queen and I. |
| Stephen Mangan, who played Adrian Mole in a TV adaptation, will read an extract from Townsend's book Mr Bevan's Dream, a work on the decline of the welfare state in the 1980s. | Stephen Mangan, who played Adrian Mole in a TV adaptation, will read an extract from Townsend's book Mr Bevan's Dream, a work on the decline of the welfare state in the 1980s. |
| There will also be readings from her other works and tributes from friends and colleagues from the literary world, Leicester theatres and Sir Peter Soulsby, Mayor of Leicester. | There will also be readings from her other works and tributes from friends and colleagues from the literary world, Leicester theatres and Sir Peter Soulsby, Mayor of Leicester. |
| Her family has requested that any donations in her memory be sent to the stroke wards at Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Rainbows Children's Hospice in Loughborough. | Her family has requested that any donations in her memory be sent to the stroke wards at Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Rainbows Children's Hospice in Loughborough. |