David Relin, co-author of the book "Three Cups of Tea", which faced allegations that parts of it were fabricated, has committed suicide.
Mr Relin, 49, a journalist, wrote the book with activist Greg Mortenson. It told the story of how Mr Mortenson got lost on a mountaineering descent from K2 and was then nursed back to health in the Pakistani village of Korphe, which inspired him to build a school for them, and chronicled how he went on to build other schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The book was published in 2006 and sold four million copies, raising money for Mr Mortenson's Central Asia Institute, which he founded in 1996 to build schools in Central Asia.
Last year US television magazine "60 Minutes" and author Jon Krakauer alleged that that the book contained numerous fabrications, including the story of mr Mortenson's rescue by the people of Korphe. Full story...
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Mr Relin, 49, a journalist, wrote the book with activist Greg Mortenson. It told the story of how Mr Mortenson got lost on a mountaineering descent from K2 and was then nursed back to health in the Pakistani village of Korphe, which inspired him to build a school for them, and chronicled how he went on to build other schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The book was published in 2006 and sold four million copies, raising money for Mr Mortenson's Central Asia Institute, which he founded in 1996 to build schools in Central Asia.
Last year US television magazine "60 Minutes" and author Jon Krakauer alleged that that the book contained numerous fabrications, including the story of mr Mortenson's rescue by the people of Korphe. Full story...
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