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Somerset Maugham dies at Riviera villa aged 88
British author W Somerset Maugham dies in Nice after a stroke. The famed writer of Of Human Bondage and many works lived at La Mauresque on the Riviera before passing in his Cap Ferrat villa. He was 88 and leaves a legacy of novels, plays, and short stories spanning decades.
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