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Donald Woods (born Ralph Lewis Zink; December 2, 1906 – March 5, 1998) was a Canadian-American film and television actor whose career in Hollywood spanned six decades.
Donald James Woods CBE (15 December 1933 – 19 August 2001) was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist. As editor of the Daily Dispatch, he was known for befriending fellow activist Steve Biko, who was killed by police after being detained by the South African government.
- 19 August 2001 (aged 67), London, England
- Wendy Woods
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Jan 9, 2020 · Donald Woods was the editor of the Daily Dispatch who exposed the truth about the death of Steve Biko in police custody. He was banned, hunted and exiled for his courageous reporting and wrote several books on apartheid.
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Aug 20, 2001 · Donald Woods, the crusading white newspaper editor who championed the black anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, died in England today. He was 67. The cause of death was cancer, his eldest...
Stanley Uys. Mon 20 Aug 2001 21.30 EDT. The name of the former South African newspaper editor Donald Woods, who has died of cancer aged 67 after a long illness, was inextricably linked with...
The Independent reports the death of Donald Woods, a white South African journalist who exposed the killing of Steve Biko and escaped from the apartheid regime. He was praised by President Mbeki and received a CBE for his human rights work.
Donald Woods (1933-2001) wrote the biography of Steve Biko's life and death and enlightened the world outside South Africa to the horrors brought about by the 'Apartheid' regime.
