- Harry Horse
Richard Horne (
9 May 1960 ,Coventry - c.10 January 2007 , Scottish Island ofBurra ) better known under his pen name Harry Horse was an author, illustrator and political cartoonist. He was also known as a member of the band Swamptrash.His first book was "Ogopogo, My Journey with the
Loch Ness Monster " which was published in 1983. He also wrote "The Last... series ", which included "The Last Polar Bears", which was made into a 30-minute cartoon forCITV , and "The Last Castaways ", which won theNestlé Smarties Book Prize .From 1987-1992 Horne was a political cartoonist for
Scotland on Sunday ,The Scotsman and, until his death in 2007, theSunday Herald newspapers. His illustrations also appeared regularly in theThe Observer andThe Independent newspapers. In 1993 he created, designed, and wrote a cult computer game forTime Warner called "Drowned God". His illustrations appeared in books as diverse as The Good Golf Guide to Scotland, a centenary edition ofDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the children's book "Magus the Lollipop Man " In the late eighties he was the singer and front man of the legendary Edinburgh band Swamptrash - which later evolved, without Horse, into the still performing Shooglenifty.On January 10, 2007, Horne's body and that of his wife Mandy, who had been terminally ill with
multiple sclerosis , were discovered, lying together in their remote bungalow. It is understood their pets were also found dead. It was revealed on 13th July 2008 that rather than the "Romeo and Juliet" scene described in many articles relating to their deaths, Horse had in fact butchered his wife, stabbing her 30 times before killing their pets and stabbing himself until he bled to death. Reference?References
* http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=53752007
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1997270,00.html
* http://www.sundayherald.com/arts/arts/display.var.1121987.0.a_man_called_horse.php
*http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1034678/Childrens-author-Harry-Horse-stabbed-wife-30-times-probe-casts-doubt-Romeo-Juliet-suicide-pact.htmlExternal links
* http://www.sundayherald.com/harry/ tribute at the
Sunday Herald
* http://www.myspace.com/swamptrashtheband
* [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=harry&w=19473027%40N00&z=t Richard and Mandy on a happy day]
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