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"Clive James has dismissed reports that he is near death after battling leukaemia for two years. The broadcaster was reported to have made the suggestion in a BBC Radio 4 documentary which will air on June 23. The Guardian&amp;#039;s Merope Mills spoke to James&amp;#039;s agent on the phone, and wrote on Twitter that the critic had dismissed the reports as &amp;quot;bollocks&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;The interview which Clive James gave to the BBC sounds much less doom-laden than it does when transcribed by the press,&amp;quot; their correction read. &amp;quot;He is in fact in reasonable shape and looking forward to years of work.&amp;quot; Since the quotes regarding James&amp;#039;s health were published this morning, several comedians, critics, writers and broadcasters have praised his work. &amp;quot;Time to tell Clive James how very loved he is. A brilliant, funny, twinkly-eyed man,&amp;quot; said Julian Clary Charlie Brooker added: &amp;quot;Only just read about Clive James being ill. He made me want to write for print and do TV about TV. Impossibly perceptive &amp;amp; hilarious writer.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Clive James: Best TV critic ever,&amp;quot; said Heat&amp;#039;s TV writer Boyd Hilton. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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