Harry Horse

Harry Horse

Richard Horne (9 May 1960, Coventry - c. 10 January 2007, Scottish Island of Burra) 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 for CITV, and "The Last Castaways", which won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize.

From 1987-1992 Horne was a political cartoonist for Scotland on Sunday, The Scotsman and, until his death in 2007, the Sunday Herald newspapers. His illustrations also appeared regularly in the The Observer and The Independent newspapers. In 1993 he created, designed, and wrote a cult computer game for Time Warner called "Drowned God". His illustrations appeared in books as diverse as The Good Golf Guide to Scotland, a centenary edition of Dr. 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.html

External 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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