Thanks Am for that.  It seems that there are others who are compassionate.

The words "his great triumph" make me feel ill.

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Julia

I thought she posted that quote because she thought he died next to his mate in a firefight.

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No, that is not why. I know quite well how he died.

I am not about to go in depth into this man's suicide. He had many reasons, in his mind, to opt out of life.

Didn't take long to revert to form.    

July 20 ( 7 days before his death)

When an assignment in Mozambique for TIME came his way, he eagerly accepted. Despite setting three alarm clocks to make his early-morning flight on July 20, he missed the plane.

Furthermore, after six days in Mozambique, he walked off his return flight to Johannesburg, leaving a package of undeveloped film on his seat. He realized his mistake when he arrived at a friend's house.

He raced back to the airport but failed to turn up anything. Carter was distraught and returned to the friend's house in the morning, threatening to smoke a white pipe and gas himself to death.

Don't worry, I notice your form coming through as well.

Then we wouldn't "miss" everybody would we ?
At least I am a bit blunter and more direct than you are

in your little digs at fellow ladies or members.

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@vicr3000 wrote:
Polks

Don't stick yourself on such a pedestal.


Enjoy your hot meal of meat and 3 Veg tonight !

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You have no idea what other posters here do to assist the less fortunate.............. or if they have meat and 3 veg for dinner.

Azure

I couldn't XXX

On his return home from New York

Nevertheless, Carter carefully listed story ideas and faxed some of them off to Sygma. Work did not proceed smoothly. Though it was not his fault, Carter felt guilty when a bureaucratic foul-up caused the cancellation of an interview by a writer from Parade magazine, a Sygma client, with Mandela in Cape Town.

Then came an even more unpleasant experience. Sygma told Carter to stay in Cape Town and cover French President Francois Mitterrand's state visit to South Africa. The story was spot news, but according to editors at Sygma's Paris office, Carter shipped his film too late to be of use. In any case, they complained, the quality of the photos was too poor to offer to Sygma's clients.