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By Bruce Haring. Author Charles Webb, whose first novel The Graduate inspired the film, died June 16 in Eastbourne, England of a blood condition, according to his friend, journalist Jack Malvern. The Graduate was published in , and was adapted into the Mike Nichols film starring Dustin Hoffman just four years later. The book and the film follow Benjamin Braddock, a young man who embarks on an affair with Mrs.

Webb claimed the story is based on his own experiences growing up in Los Angeles after graduating from an East Coast college. He said that the book is not autobiographical.

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The film version was faithful to the book and won an Oscar. Along with his partner, Eve Rudd, with whom he had two children, he lived on the road for many years. They homeschooled their children and ran a nudist camp in New Jersey. Eve later changed her name to Fred in solidarity with a support group for men with low self-esteem.

The couple divorced to protest US marriage laws, but stayed together.

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Rudd died last year. Webb published a sequel to The Graduate in His Home School was written largely for the money, he claimed. Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation.