Noel Coward Partner Graham Payn Dies

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Graham Payne, Noel Coward's life partner for the last 30 years of his life, has died in Switzerland. He was 87.

Payne was born in South Africa in 1918. His family moved to England a decade later and Payn began singing in choirs and at concerts.

Barely 14 he was cast in Noel Coward’s revue, Words and Music. Years later, in 1945, as Payn's musical career advanced, making him a highly sought after singer, Coward wrote a leading role for him in Sigh No More.