2019, Northumbria Police said that Humble had died at his home in South Shields on 30 July; he died from heart failure and the effects of his alcoholism. I’m Jack, a novel by Mark Blacklock, also from Sunderland, is a fictionalised account of Humble in his prison cell mocking the ghost of George Oldfield with further letters. See also Colin Norris case – another case led by Chris Gregg References External links Transcripts and images of Humble's letters 1956 births 2019 deaths 1978 crimes in the United Kingdom 1978 hoaxes 1978 in England 20th-century criminals British people convicted of perverting the course of justice Crime in Tyne and Wear English criminals Hoaxes in England Impostors People from Sunderland Peter Sutcliffe