Ukufa kwe Mnumzana Harold Evans eNew York eneminyaka engama-92 ubudala ususa kwindawo yentatheli eyaziwayo ehamba nomkhondo owenze uphawu njengendoda yophando enegalelo kwezinye iinkalo ezininzi kubandakanya ukufundisa ulutsha ikhondo lobuntatheli.
Isiqingatha sokuqala somsebenzi kaEvans sasinjengomhleli othandwayo eBritane. Isiqingatha sesibini sobomi bakhe sasihlala njengomongameli osisityebi wenkampani yokupapasha iRandom House eNew York.
Ukuvezwa kwakhe kwabantwana be-thalidomide kwamzisela udumo olukhulu kwihlabathi liphela. Iphulo lakhe lokuphumelela imbuyekezo kubantwana abachaphazeleke sisiyobisi mhlawumbi yenye yezona zinto aziphumezileyo, kwaye iinzame zakhe kwiintsapho ezichaphazeleka kweli chiza ziya kuphila ekufeni kwakhe.
Lo mbhali wayenethuba lokudibana naye eDelhi kwiminyaka yoo-1970 ngexesha lenkomfa yamazwe aphesheya kwaye waba ngumthandi wakhe kwangoko. Wayehlala ekhawuleza kwiimpendulo zakhe nangona wayexakekile njengomhleli wamaphephandaba.
UMhlekazi uHarold waxhobiselwa igalelo lakhe kubuntatheli. Iincwadi zakhe kulo msebenzi zaye zadumisa kakhulu njengoko wenza amaphulo akhe okuqaqambisa imiba enje ngeendima zeenkampani zamachiza kunye nemicimbi yamalungelo oluntu.
U-Evans uphinde wasebenzela uRupert Murdoch okwethutyana. Wayengumhleli wephephandaba iThe Sunday Times ukusukela ngo-1967 ukuya kowe-1981, kunye nesihloko sikadade wabo iThe Times sonyaka ukusukela ngo-1981 eGreat Britain de wade wanyanzelwa ukuba aphume eRupert Murdoch.
USir Harold wayetshatile UTina Brown, oyintatheli eyaziwayo ngokwakhe. Wayengumhleli oyintloko kaTatler, uVanity Fair, kunye neemagazini zaseNew Yorker. UTina usasebenza kwaye uvelisa ipodcast "iTBD kunye noTina Brown," apho enza udliwanondlebe nabezopolitiko, abalingisi, iintatheli kunye nabenzi beendaba.
UHarold noTina bathuthela eUnited States ngo-1984 apho waba ngummi waseMelika, egcina ubuzwe.
Mhlawumbi eyona ncwadi yakhe ibalaseleyo kwintatheli esakhasayo ibhalwe kakuhle enesihloko esithi "Ngaba ndiyazicacisa?"
USir Harold wayehlala efuna ukuba yintatheli kwaye wayeka isikolo eneminyaka eli-16. Emva koko wathatha iklasi ngokufutshane, iklasi apho wayekuphela kwendoda. Kwaye njengoko besitsho, okunye yimbali.
