Linda Biehl | |
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Born | 1943 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Philanthropist |
Spouse | Peter Biehl |
Children | 4 |
Linda Biehl (born 1943) is an American philanthropist and mother of Amy Biehl, an activist who was murdered in 1993 in South Africa. She is the co-founder and director of the United States-based Amy Biehl Foundation (with husband Peter Biehl) and the South African-based Amy Biehl Foundation Trust.
Biehl was born in 1943 in Chicago. [1] She met her late husband Peter at Whittier College in California and they had four children together. [1] Before the death of her daughter Amy, she ran an American Indian art gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. [2]
After the 1993 death of her daughter Amy in South Africa, the Biehl's supported the amnesty appeal, to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, by those convicted of Amy's murder. [3] After a tour of the Cape Town townships, the couple started developing projects to continue their daughter's work. [4] They followed in 1994 by creating the Amy Biehl Foundation. [5] Linda continued her work after Peter passed away from colon cancer in 2002. [6]
In 2008, Biehl was awarded the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo in Bronze in South Africa, an award from the President. [7] The same year she was announced as the first Greely Scholar at University of Massachusetts Lowell. [8] [9] She, along with husband Peter, was awarded the Aline and Norman Felton Humanitarian Award in 1999. [10]
In 2016 Biehl was hired as a consultant with Tyler Perry's Atlanta based production company to work on a movie about Amy's life and the relationship the family has with the two men convicted of her murder. [11] The movie, The Year of the Great Storm, was still in production as of January 2019. [12] [13]
Linda Biehl | |
---|---|
Born | 1943 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Philanthropist |
Spouse | Peter Biehl |
Children | 4 |
Linda Biehl (born 1943) is an American philanthropist and mother of Amy Biehl, an activist who was murdered in 1993 in South Africa. She is the co-founder and director of the United States-based Amy Biehl Foundation (with husband Peter Biehl) and the South African-based Amy Biehl Foundation Trust.
Biehl was born in 1943 in Chicago. [1] She met her late husband Peter at Whittier College in California and they had four children together. [1] Before the death of her daughter Amy, she ran an American Indian art gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. [2]
After the 1993 death of her daughter Amy in South Africa, the Biehl's supported the amnesty appeal, to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, by those convicted of Amy's murder. [3] After a tour of the Cape Town townships, the couple started developing projects to continue their daughter's work. [4] They followed in 1994 by creating the Amy Biehl Foundation. [5] Linda continued her work after Peter passed away from colon cancer in 2002. [6]
In 2008, Biehl was awarded the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo in Bronze in South Africa, an award from the President. [7] The same year she was announced as the first Greely Scholar at University of Massachusetts Lowell. [8] [9] She, along with husband Peter, was awarded the Aline and Norman Felton Humanitarian Award in 1999. [10]
In 2016 Biehl was hired as a consultant with Tyler Perry's Atlanta based production company to work on a movie about Amy's life and the relationship the family has with the two men convicted of her murder. [11] The movie, The Year of the Great Storm, was still in production as of January 2019. [12] [13]