NOVELIST and scriptwriter James Hilton, a Cambridge University graduate who was born in Wilkinson Street in Leigh town centre, died in December, in Long Beach, California.
One of Britain’s best-selling novelist and an acclaimed Hollywood script writer Hilton (pictured) was best known for his works Goodbye Mr Chips and Lost Horizon.
The latter was set in fictitious Shangri-La and as a tribute to his book a 38,000 aircraft carrier of the same name was launched.
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