Jonah Lomu.
Born, South Auckland (in a rough part of the city) to Tongan immigrant parents.
An uncle killed in a gang related incident and Lomu said, he himself had been stabbed twice.
Married 3 times.
Joint Rugby World Cup try record holder(with Brian Habana).
Diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome, end of 1995.
A gentle, giant by all accounts, it seems.
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Shalom/salaam.
10,000 years of Middle Eastern civilisation and the place is not at peace but rather in pieces.