Rayne Kruger

Rayne Kruger
Born
Charles Rayne Kruger

29 January 1922
Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa
Died21 December 2002(2002-12-21) (aged 80)
EducationUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Occupation(s)Author and property developer
Spouse(s)Nan Munro
Prue Leith
Children2, including Danny Kruger

Charles Rayne Kruger (29 January 1922 – 21 December 2002) was a South African author and property developer.

Charles Rayne Kruger was born on 29 January 1922 in Queenstown, in the eastern Cape Province, the son of an unmarried 17-year-old daughter of a British Army officer. As his father had disappeared, his mother married Victor Kruger, a Johannesburg estate agent. He was educated at Jeppe High School and the University of the Witwatersrand.

Kruger's first wife was the actress Nan Munro, a widow, 16 years older than him, with three children. They later divorced, and he married the restaurateur, chef and television presenter Prue Leith. They had a son, the Conservative MP Danny Kruger, and adopted a Cambodian daughter, Li-Da.