Frank Dunphy obituary

Showbiz accountant who who became the charismatic, hard-bargaining business manager for Damien HirstFrank Dunphy, who has died aged 82, was the business brain behind the multimillion-pound career of the artist Damien Hirst. A garrulous working-class Irishman, he gained a reputation for driving hard bargains for his client and running roughshod over the traditions of the art world, negotiating a better deal for Hirst than the 50-50 split of sales artists normally share with their gallery, and cut