sábado, 17 de agosto de 2013

'Three Cups of Tea' author Oliver Relin dies from suicidal means - Examiner.com

Sunday night, one of the co-authors of "Three Cups of Tea" David Oliver Relin died in Oregon at the age of 49; the medical examiner reported that Relin committed suicide with a blunt force head injury. The Medical Examiner for Multnomah County in Portland, OR is Peter Bellant and he would not provide any further details about his death.

Relin co-authored the best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea" with Greg Mortenson. The book tells the story about how Mortenson built schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Last year, "60 Minutes" ran a story about the book and alleged that it contained several lies.

This year, a lawsuit brought by four readers of the book claimed that they made Mortenson into a false hero in order to sell more copies of the book. The judge dismissed the lawsuit, but he called the book "overly broad, flimsy and speculative."

Mortenson has stated that the events in "Three Cups of Tea" were from different periods of time in his life. Relin never spoke publicly about the charges.

"Three Cups of Tea" was published in 2006 and has sold approximately 4 million copies. Profits from the book went to Mortenson's Central Asia Institute.

See the video to the left for the 60 Minutes story about the "Three Cups of Tea" investigation.

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