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| Three Cups of Tea co-author David Relin dies at 49 in Oregon | Three Cups of Tea co-author David Relin dies at 49 in Oregon |
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| David Oliver Relin, the co-author of the best-selling book Three Cups of Tea, has died in Oregon, authorities said. He was 49. | David Oliver Relin, the co-author of the best-selling book Three Cups of Tea, has died in Oregon, authorities said. He was 49. |
| Relin killed himself in the Portland-area town of Corbett on 14 November, deputy Multnomah County medical examiner Peter Bellant said late Sunday night. | Relin killed himself in the Portland-area town of Corbett on 14 November, deputy Multnomah County medical examiner Peter Bellant said late Sunday night. |
| He said Relin died of blunt force head injury, but declined to provide any other details. | He said Relin died of blunt force head injury, but declined to provide any other details. |
| Relin was co-author with Greg Mortenson of Three Cups of Tea, which recounts how Mortenson started building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. | Relin was co-author with Greg Mortenson of Three Cups of Tea, which recounts how Mortenson started building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
| The book came under scrutiny last year when 60 Minutes and Jon Krakauer alleged that it contained numerous fabrications. | The book came under scrutiny last year when 60 Minutes and Jon Krakauer alleged that it contained numerous fabrications. |
| In April, US district judge Sam Haddon rejected a lawsuit by four people who bought the book, dismissing claims that the two authors, the publisher and a charity conspired to make Mortenson into a false hero to sell books and raise money for the charity. Haddon called the claims overly broad, flimsy and speculative. | In April, US district judge Sam Haddon rejected a lawsuit by four people who bought the book, dismissing claims that the two authors, the publisher and a charity conspired to make Mortenson into a false hero to sell books and raise money for the charity. Haddon called the claims overly broad, flimsy and speculative. |
| Mortenson had denied any wrongdoing, though he has acknowledged some of the events in Three Cups of Tea were compressed over different periods of time. | Mortenson had denied any wrongdoing, though he has acknowledged some of the events in Three Cups of Tea were compressed over different periods of time. |
| The New York Times reported that Relin did not speak publicly about the charges. | The New York Times reported that Relin did not speak publicly about the charges. |
| The book describes how Mortenson lost his way after a failed mountaineering expedition and was nursed back to health in a Pakistani village. Based on the villagers' kindness and the poverty he saw, he resolved to build a school for them. | The book describes how Mortenson lost his way after a failed mountaineering expedition and was nursed back to health in a Pakistani village. Based on the villagers' kindness and the poverty he saw, he resolved to build a school for them. |
| Three Cups of Tea, which has sold about 4m copies since being published in 2006, was conceived as a way to raise money for and tell the story of Mortenson's Central Asia Institute, which he co-founded in 1996 to build schools in central Asia. | Three Cups of Tea, which has sold about 4m copies since being published in 2006, was conceived as a way to raise money for and tell the story of Mortenson's Central Asia Institute, which he co-founded in 1996 to build schools in central Asia. |
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