100 Things To Do Before You Die author Dave Freeman dies

08:50 Thu 28 August 2008

You couldn't make it up. Well you could but it would be a bit cruel. Dave Freeman author of 100 Things To Do Before You Die has, well, died.

Sadly he was just 47 when injuries sustained after a fall put paid to him ticking any more Things from his own personal list. In fact he only made it to 50 of the 100 things that he'd listed as must-dos.

Still, he has just been immortalised in another way besides his book. The film The Bucket List took its inspiration from Freeman's book, and the countless copycat books and articles that followed in its wake.