Jane belson biography

Polly Adams and Jane Belson (oil on Canvas, 2010, Philip Morgan)

Jane Belson just passed away, peacefully during her sleep,  this morning 7th september 2011, about ten years after her husband Douglas Adams.

She was 59 years old and suffered from cancer for many years.

Jane Belson met Douglas after the break up with his previous love affair. He was then looking for a flat mate and they were introduced by a common friend Mary Allen.

Jane belson biography wikipedia

Jane moved in the spare bedroom in spring 1982. He was then trying to finish “Life, the universe and everything” : “There would be bursts of typing punctuated by long bits of guitar playing (acoustic – the electric guitar came later and annoyed the hell out of our neighboors).

I’d come home from chambers to find Douglas waiting to read me what he had written, scrutinizing my reactions minutely and checking carefully to see that I was laughing in the right w