P.G. Wodehouse. Soundtrack: Gosford Park. Master of comedy novelist Pelham (Plum) Grenville Wodehouse was born on Octo, in Guilford, Surrey, England. He died in hospital in Southampton, New York, on Valentine's day (February 14) , from a heart attack after a long illness at age In that time he managed to write close to novels, short stories, plays, song lyrics and so on.