I Fought for Years to Free My Boyfriend John Mccarthy. Now Ive Got a New Fight... To Help Beat the Cancer That Killed My Mother ; Good Health
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JILL MORRELL became famous as the girl who took on the world to campaign for the release of her boyfriend, John McCarthy, when he was taken hostage in Beirut. With her gleaming smile and honey- blonde hair, she lobbied Margaret Thatcher, outmanoeuvred the Foreign Office and lunched with Yasser Arafat.
She was indefatigable, organising candlelit vigils, yellow ribbons, anniversary benefits, rallies and carol-singing events.See the full content of this document
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I Fought for Years to Free My Boyfriend John Mccarthy. Now Ive Got a New Fight... To Help Beat the Cancer That Killed My Mother ; Good Health
By the time McCarthy stepped off a plane at RAF Lyneham on August 8, 1991, smiling in dazed elation, everyone wanted Jill and John to get married. But the fairy tale didn't happen. They split up in 1995 and Jill retreated gracefully away from the glare of publicity.
Now, in her first interview in seven years, she has broken her silence to talk not about their breakup, but about the secret pain she hid from the world in the heady days after John's release - her mother's agon...See the full content of this document
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