Ukufa kwe USir Harold Evans eNew York eneminyaka engama-92 ususa endaweni yesehlakalo intatheli edume ngomkhondo emhlabeni eyenze umaka njengendoda yezokusesha ephenya ngamagalelo kweminye imikhakha eminingi kubandakanya ukufundisa intsha ngomsebenzi wobuntatheli.
Ingxenye yokuqala yomsebenzi ka-Evans yayingumhleli othandwa kakhulu eBrithani. Ingxenye yesibili yempilo yakhe ibiphila njengomongameli ocebile wenkampani yokushicilela iRandom House eNew York.
Ukudalulwa kwakhe kwezingane ze-thalidomide kwamlethela udumo olukhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Umkhankaso wakhe wokuwina isinxephezelo esingcono sezingane ezithintwe yilesi sidakamizwa mhlawumbe ungokunye kwempumelelo yakhe enkulu, futhi imizamo yakhe yemindeni ethintwe yilesi sidakamizwa izophila ngokudlula kwakhe ekufeni.
Lo mbhali waba nethuba lokuhlangana naye eDelhi ngeminyaka yama-1970 ngenkathi kunengqungquthela yamazwe omhlaba futhi wamthanda ngaso leso sikhathi. Wayehlala ephendula ngokushesha izimpendulo zakhe yize wayematasa njengomhleli wephephandaba.
USir Harold waxoshelwa iqhaza lakhe kwezobuntatheli. Izincwadi zakhe kulo mkhakha zadumisa kakhulu njengoba kwenza nemikhankaso yakhe yokuqhakambisa izindaba ezinjengezindima zezinkampani zezidakamizwa nezindaba zamalungelo abantu.
U-Evans uphinde wasebenzela uRupert Murdoch isikhashana. Wayengumhleli wephephandaba iThe Sunday Times kusuka ngo-1967 kuya ku-1981, kanti isihloko sodadewabo iThe Times sonyaka kusukela ngo-1981 eGreat Britain waze waphoqelelwa ukuphuma eRupert Murdoch.
USir Harold wayeshade Tina Brown, oyintatheli eyaziwayo ngokwakhe. Wayengumhleli oyinhloko weTatler, iVanity Fair, kanye nomagazini iThe New Yorker. UTina usasebenza futhi wenza i-podcast "TBD noTina Brown," lapho axoxisana khona nosopolitiki, abalingisi, izintatheli nabenzi bezindaba.
UHarold noTina bathuthela e-United States ngo-1984 lapho aba yisakhamuzi saseMelika, egcina ubuzwe obubili.
Mhlawumbe incwadi yakhe enhle kunazo zonke intatheli esathuthuka ibhalwe kahle enesihloko esithi “Ingabe Ngiyazicacisa?”
USir Harold ngaso sonke isikhathi wayefuna ukuba yintatheli futhi wayeka isikole eneminyaka engu-16. Wabe esethatha ikilasi ngamafuphi, ikilasi lapho kwakunguye kuphela owesilisa. Futhi njengoba besho, okunye kungumlando.
