Murray Lachlan Young
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Murray Lachlan Young is a British
performance poet whose humorous work enjoyed a spectacular but brief vogue during the mid-1990s. He was the first poet to be given a £1 million record deal, when he signed to EMI
amid a blaze of publicity in 1996. He released one album, Vice And Verse.
Young was born in the United States
to a Scottish father and an English mother. He is now living and working in west Cornwall
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Young had a small role as a gallows poet in the film Plunkett and MacLeane (1999). He also played the brother of Louis XIV in the 2000 film, Vatel
.
Young married the singer Zoë
and had two children but they divorced in 2009.
United Kingdom
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performance poet whose humorous work enjoyed a spectacular but brief vogue during the mid-1990s. He was the first poet to be given a £1 million record deal, when he signed to EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
amid a blaze of publicity in 1996. He released one album, Vice And Verse.
Young was born in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to a Scottish father and an English mother. He is now living and working in west Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
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Young had a small role as a gallows poet in the film Plunkett and MacLeane (1999). He also played the brother of Louis XIV in the 2000 film, Vatel
Vatel
Vatel may refer to:*the 17th century French chef François Vatel,*Vatel , the 2000 film starring Gérard Depardieu as the chef above or*the 18th century Swiss philosopher, diplomat, and legal expert Emerich de Vattel....
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Young married the singer Zoë
Zoe (singer)
Zoë is a British pop singer and songwriter, who had brief success in 1991 with two hit singles, "Sunshine on a Rainy Day", which climbed to #4 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Lightning", which reached #37...
and had two children but they divorced in 2009.