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Culture
The Amazing Life of Helga Blow, Sri Lanka’s Last Great Eccentric
Full Life
Gandhi was a family friend, and Vivian Leigh and Gregory Peck stayed at her hotel. But Helga Blow has also known the darkest of times.
Tom Sykes
European Editor at Large
Published
Feb. 19 2015
5:15AM EST
Tom Sykes
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