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The award-winning writer of The King’s Speech, David Seidler has died aged 87.

The Academy Award winner passed away on Saturday, while he was fly-fishing in New Zealand. No cause of death has been revealed as David’s longtime manager confirmed the sad news. David wrote the stage and screen versions of the acclaimed play, which went on to win Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor at the Oscars.

Manager Jeff Aghassi told Deadline: “David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand – doing what gave him the greatest peace which was fly-fishing. If given the chance, it is exactly as he would have scripted it.” The King’s Speech told the story of King George VI overcoming his stutter.

The King, who was played by Colin Firth, had an unexpected friendship with speech therapist Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush, in the lead up to World War II. David, who grew up with a stutter, shared that he had always wanted to write about George VI and tell his story.

He won two BAFTAs and the Humanitas Prize for the film and had always intended to create a movie and stage play. When accepting his Oscar in 2011, David said: “My father always said to me I would be a late bloomer. I believe I’m the oldest person to win this award.” He went on to thank the Queen for “not putting me in the Tower of London” for the film’s use of swearing and dedicated the win to “all the stutterers throughout the world, we have a voice, we have been been heard, thanks to you the Academy”.