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Anthony Edward Frewin (born 1947 in Kentish Town, London) [1] is a British writer and erstwhile personal assistant to film director Stanley Kubrick [2] (from 1965 [3] to 1968, and from 1979 to 1999). Frewin now represents the Stanley Kubrick Estate. [4] His novel London Blues has been described as "masterful". [5]

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Anthony Edward Frewin and his brother Mark David Frewin are the sons of Edward Albert Frewin (b. 1921) and Ruby Jean Weeks (b. 1924, m. 1944). [6] Frewin's ex-partner is Charlene Page, [7] and they have a son, Nick Frewin (b. 1971). [8] [9]

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