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Soha Ali Khan Remembers British Author Jeffrey Archer And His Bond With Pataudi Family
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News18•06-10-2026, 18:47
Soha Ali Khan Remembers British Author Jeffrey Archer And His Bond With Pataudi Family
- •Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan paid emotional tribute to renowned British author and politician Jeffrey Archer, who passed away at the age of 86.
- •Soha recalled that Archer had been a close friend of her father, former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, since their Oxford days.
- •The author famously wrote about Tiger Pataudi in his 1980 short story collection A Quiver Full of Arrows and later penned a touching tribute after his death.
- •Jeffrey Archer also supported the Pataudi family by serving as an auctioneer at a memorial event hosted in memory of Tiger Pataudi.
- •Archer died suddenly at his home just a day before the global release of his final novel, Adam and Eve, concluding a career that sold over 300 million books.
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British author and former Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer passed away suddenly and peacefully at his home on October 5, 2026, at the age of 86.
Soha Ali Khan paid tribute to Jeffrey Archer by recalling his longstanding friendship with her father, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, from their Oxford days, noting that Archer wrote about him in her 1980 book 'A Quiver Full of Arrows' and even served as an auctioneer at an event held in her father's memory.
Jeffrey Archer passed away just one day before the global release of 'Adam & Eve', which is the 31st and final novel of a career spanning several decades in which he sold more than 300 million books worldwide.
