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Diana Ross"s ex-husband plunges to death in South Africa

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Original Post Date: 2004-01-14  Posted By: Jan

From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 1/14/2004 5:01:44 AM
Diana Ross"s ex-husband plunges to death in South Africa

Everest conqueror, ecologist and Norwegian shipping magnate Arne Naess is dead.

The former husband of singer Diana Ross plunged to his death while scaling a rock face in the Franschhoek Mountains on Tuesday.

His helpless hosts, South African business tycoon Anton Rupert and his son Johann, watched horrified through binoculars.

He fell to his death after ignoring a plea by his host not to climb alone.

Wilderness Search and Rescue spokesperson Kevin Tromp said 66-year-old Naess, who had conquered five of the seven highest mountains in the world, had been a guest of Johann Rupert on his farm when he ventured up the mountain. Tromp said Anton Rupert had suggested that a local climber accompany the shipping millionaire, but Naess wanted to climb alone.

“He was apparently being watched with binoculars by Anton and Johann when it happened,” Tromp said on Tuesday night.

“Around midday, he started to abseil down the mountain, but one of the anchors came loose and he plunged about 100m to his death.”

Police spokesperson Mary Martins-Engelbrecht said Naess’s wife, who is in Norway, had been informed of the accident.

Naess and Ross, who married in October 1985, separated in May 1999. The couple had two sons – Ross, born in 1988, and Evan, born in 1989.

Though Ross publicly declared she did not want their marriage to end, they were divorced in 2000. It was the singer’s second marriage.

This article was originally published on page 1 of The Star on January 14, 2004

Source: IOL
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