U.K.: Samaritans Founder Passes Away Peacefully at 95

LONDON, England (Gulf Daily - Manama, Bahrain), November 10, 2007: Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans offering the world's first telephone hotline for those considering suicide, has died peacefully at the age of 95, his family said. Varah, a British Anglican priest, founded the charity in 1953 that became a model for organisations around the world providing counselling for those driven to despair. Source: Gulf Daily, Bahrain