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Christopher Tolkien, son of Lord of the Rings author, dies aged 95

Thanks for watching my video. If you like my videos, please subscribe to the channel to receive the latest videos Videos can use content-based copyright law contains reasonable use Fair Use (https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/). For any copyright, please send me a message.  Christopher Tolkien, the son of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien, has died at the age of 95. The Tolkien society confirmed his death on Twitter and sent condolences to his family.  Tolkien was the author\'s third and youngest son and worked as his father\'s editor. He also published must of his father\'s work after his death in 1973, including The Silmarillion and Beren And Luthien which added to Tolkien\'s complex world of the elves and dwarves. Much of the work was pulled together from his father\'s notes which he deciphered over the course of several years.  Christopher Tolkien was born in Leeds, and joined the RAF during the Second World War where he was stationed in South Afr

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