Britain’s disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford, once the king of tabloid kiss-and-tell stories, died on Sunday, having reportedly suffered a heart attack following a sudden collapse. Britain’s disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford, once the king of tabloid kiss-and-tell stories, died on Sunday, having reportedly suffered a heart attack following a sudden collapse.Clifford, 74, was more than three years into an eight-year jail sentence for multiple sexual assaults against teenagers. He died in hospital, a spokeswoman for the Prison Service said.Clifford had collapsed twice in recent days at Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire, northeast of London, according to reports.”As with all deaths in custody, there will be an investigation by the independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman,” the prison spokeswoman said.”Our condolences are with Mr Clifford’s family at this difficult time.
