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Leon Klinghoffer (September 24, 1916 – October 8, 1985) was an American man who was shot, killed and thrown overboard from the cruise ship Achille Lauro by members of the Palestinian Liberation Front who hijacked the ship in 1985. [1]
The ship's executive officer notified Captain Gerardo de Rosa that there were armed men on board, shooting at passengers. Captain De Rosa descended quickly through several decks, moving towards the ship's stern. An agitated voice came over the ship's loudspeakers requesting that he come immediately to the bridge.
The Death of Klinghoffer is an American opera, with music by John Adams to an English-language libretto by Alice Goodman.First produced in Brussels and New York in 1991, the opera is based on the hijacking of the passenger liner Achille Lauro by the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985, and the hijackers' murder of a 69-year-old Jewish-American wheelchair-using passenger, Leon Klinghoffer.
The man was last seen on board the ship on Wednesday night and was reported missing Thursday morning. Dramatic video shows Coast Guard rescuing man who went overboard on cruise Skip to main content
The family of five boarded The Emerald Princess in Seattle on Sunday for a seven-day cruise. The ship, with 4,500 passengers and crew, headed up the magnificent Alaskan coastline for a once-in-a ...
Kenneth Manzanares killed his wife on a cruise ship after she told him she wanted a divorce. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Among them are Mr. Leon Klinghoffer (Burt Lancaster), a disabled Jewish-American, and his wife Marilyn Klinghoffer, who is hiding from her husband the fact she has skin cancer. Also taken hostage is Antonio, a ship staff member who bonds with Leon after looking after him at the request of Mrs. Klinghoffer.
A suspect in the confrontation that led to the death of a Jewish man who was injured during dueling Israeli and Palestinian rallies in California called 911 to seek medical help for the victim and ...