Monthly Archives: March 2020

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March 5, 2020 – 10:53 am

The director Blake Edwards passed away in late December 2011. His greatest hits were BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, 10, and VICTORIA VICTORIA. Fame fled him in the 80s, but his star rose on Broadway with the success of a musical version of VICTORIA VICTORIA. My cousin was Julie Andrews’ understudy. Tara got to perform the leading […]

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Cast A Vote for Hope Wambui Ochieng

March 5, 2020 – 10:07 am

Please cast a vote for the young poetess Hope Wambui Ochieng from Kibera in the Little Ms Kenya Contest 2020 by going to this URL https://pageantvote.es/pageants/2375/contestants/13735 Asante

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Back From Africa 2020

March 5, 2020 – 10:03 am

Once more Tim Challen, director of the Kili Initiative, invited me to participate in the 2020 Kilimanjaro Climb with youths from Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam. I left New York mid-February for a 13 hour flight to Africa and a short connecting leg to Mochi Aeroport in Tanzania followed by a two-hour taxi ride to […]

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Jacques Liebowitch RIP

March 5, 2020 – 4:10 am

Yesterday Jacques Liebowitch, doctor and researcher into HIV, passed away in Paris. His work on AIDS along with that of Dr Dominique Mathez saved millions of lives by detecting tainted blood supplies, lowering the dosage of medicines, and creating treatments to combat the virus’ attack on the human immune system. A true genius. For the […]

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