"After the death of two of Barrie's close friends, Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies, he adopted their five sons: Peter, Jack, George, Michael and Nicholas. Barrie was very close to all the boys, and was heartbroken when Michael drowned in 1921 and George was killed in action in 1915. Their brother, Peter Llewelyn-Davies, also committed suicide on April 5th, 1960."
However, he left all the publishing rights and royalties from Peter Pan to a children's hospital in London, and they've been running the place on this money ever since. So that's nice.
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"After the death of two of Barrie's close friends, Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies, he adopted their five sons: Peter, Jack, George, Michael and Nicholas. Barrie was very close to all the boys, and was heartbroken when Michael drowned in 1921 and George was killed in action in 1915. Their brother, Peter Llewelyn-Davies, also committed suicide on April 5th, 1960."
However, he left all the publishing rights and royalties from Peter Pan to a children's hospital in London, and they've been running the place on this money ever since. So that's nice.
Interesting site with pictures of him and the boys and lots of information: http://www.c20th.com/peterpan.htm
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