Teshome H. Gabriel dies at 70

Very sad to hear about this one. I had just recommended someone to professor Gabriel a few weeks ago. What I recall most about him is that he was never to busy to consider your ideas. I attended a writing seminar that featured him and I was in the audience for a few of his lectures @ UCLA. He was a fantastic teacher and passionate pan-Africanist.  Peace be with the Gabriel family and his legions of admirers. GI

Teshome H. Gabriel dies at 70; UCLA professor and Third World cinema expert

The Ethiopian-born educator was 'one of the first scholars to theorize in a critical fashion about Third World cinema,' a fellow academic says.

Teshome H. Gabriel, a UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television professor and internationally recognized scholar of Third World cinema, has died. He was 70.

The Ethiopian-born Gabriel died Monday of sudden cardiac arrest at Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center, said university spokeswoman Teri Bond.

"He was a brilliant, gracious, elegant and generous man," Teri Schwartz, dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television, said in a statement Wednesday. "Teshome was a consummate professional and a truly beloved faculty member at TFT. He will be greatly missed by all of us."

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