The Amazing Life of Helga Blow, Sri Lanka’s Last Great Eccentric

Gandhi was a family friend, and Vivian Leigh and Gregory Peck stayed at her hotel. But Helga Blow has also known the darkest of times.

Tom Sykes 

European Editor at Large

Published Feb. 19 2015 5:15AM EST 

Tom Sykes

European Editor at Large

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tom.sykes@thedailybeast.com

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