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“Police quickly arrested the shooter, who was identified as John Hinckley Jr., a 25-years-old university dropout. He was obsessed with the actress Jodie Foster in the movie Taxi Driver, which had motivated him to kill the President. Luckily, his efforts failed.”
― Drowning Sorrows: A True Story of Love, Passion and Betrayal
― Drowning Sorrows: A True Story of Love, Passion and Betrayal
“Powers had fallen in love with the man – now she was about to fall in love with his extended family of buffalos, zebras, waterbucks, hyraxes, hippos, impalas, warthogs, bush pigs, ostriches, cheetahs, monkeys, baboons and cranes that roamed the surrounding grasslands. The couple’s relationship would become a test of endurance. It was rumored that some of the guests who frequented the Mount Kenya Safari Club were more dangerous than the wild animals.”
― Drowning Sorrows: A True Story of Love, Passion and Betrayal
― Drowning Sorrows: A True Story of Love, Passion and Betrayal
“That night, they were drinking at the bar with the big game hunter and novelist Robert Ruark, whose recent book about the Mau Mau uprising, titled Something of Value, was an international bestseller. In high spirits, Holden proposed buying the outmoded hotel, which was listed for sale. “Put up or shut up,” said Ruark. “Well, that did it for me,” Holden told Stefanie Powers, as their car bounced along the dusty road. “If I was sober I would not have bought the hotel,” he yelled over the noise of the car’s engine. “But I’m glad I did.”
― Drowning Sorrows: A True Story of Love, Passion and Betrayal
― Drowning Sorrows: A True Story of Love, Passion and Betrayal