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Scottish painter Jack Vettriano dies

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Jack Vettriano was found dead at his apartment in Nice , south of France , on Saturday .

The self-taught artist was born Jack Hoggan on 17 November 1951 in Methil , Fife.

He left school at the age of 15 to become a mining engineer but took up painting after a girlfriend gifted him a box of watercolours for his 21st birthday.

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