FORMER Adver writer Stanley Hurwitz has died at the age of 84.

Stanley had a varied career in journalism, and was the Adver's feature writer for nearly 15 years before retiring in 1985.

Writing was his great passion, and he always dreamt of best-seller fame.

Even as he struggled with a heart condition, Stanley continued pounding a battered keyboard at his Cirencester home.

His latest idea was an amusing take on his own health problems, entitled the Angina Monologues, which he hoped would be published in the Independent.

The article was discovered in the bag he took with him to Cheltenham General Hospital, where he died on Sunday.

His daughter Rebecca, 30, said: "Dad was always dreaming up ways to make his millions by writing a best-seller.

"His house absolute indescribable chaos.

"A lava flow of paperwork just flowed from top to bottom, covering every surface

"I don't know how he ever found anything."

Born in Leeds, Stanley's career included spells on the Salisbury Journal, the South Wales Echo and the Northern Echo. In the late 1950s, he worked on the tabloid Daily Sketch, but didn't like what he called the backstabbing nature of Fleet Street.

After retiring, Stanley who was separated from his wife Anna worked as a freelance writer and photographer.

He enjoyed the hunt scene, and covered local meets for the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard and Horse and Hound magazine.

Two years ago, he won press officer of the year at the Wiltshire Media Awards for his work for Moore Allen and Innocent auctioneers and estate agents.