As the curtain comes down on Herbert Kretzmer's astonishing life, RICHARD KAY pays tribute 

RICHARD KAY: Herbie Kretzmer combined journalism with songwriting and considered them complementary skills because they involved the 'manipulation of language under great constraint.' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8840971/As-curtain-comes-Herbie-Kretzmers-astonishing-life-RICHARD-KAY-pays-tribute.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490