It was with great sadness today that I found out tha Abou Hief died openwaterswimming.eu/.../267 I had been trying to contact him. I only found out a few minutes ago. He passed on 2008-04-22, Egypt .
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I hope you are writing your memoirs. You've done so much, swum with so many of the best, had so many adventures, including the alligator-aided swim of the lagoons!
:)
A few years back, I advocated that George do this. No luck.
George, how about some more Abou Heif stories?
Everything I've read has Abou Heif being not only a great athlete, but a total gentleman and class act as well. The world is a poorer place when people like this leave us.
In that rare category, here is the NY Times obituary of someone I had the true blessing of being able to call my friend. The obituary doesn't even begin to do justice to the person behind the facts. I'm sorry that you all never met him in person:
www.nytimes.com/.../henry-laskau-race-walker-is-dead-at-83.html
-LBJ
I hope you are writing your memoirs. You've done so much, swum with so many of the best, had so many adventures, including the alligator-aided swim of the lagoons!
:)
A few years back, I advocated that George do this. No luck.
George, how about some more Abou Heif stories?
Everything I've read has Abou Heif being not only a great athlete, but a total gentleman and class act as well. The world is a poorer place when people like this leave us.
In that rare category, here is the NY Times obituary of someone I had the true blessing of being able to call my friend. The obituary doesn't even begin to do justice to the person behind the facts. I'm sorry that you all never met him in person:
www.nytimes.com/.../henry-laskau-race-walker-is-dead-at-83.html
-LBJ
