And so a three year wait continued for Gordon, punctuated by dialysis sessions three times a week, until he finally received a new kidney a few months later.

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After the trip, he finally settled down in Auburn, where he worked with Olive on a book about their journeys, and received frequent visitors at home.

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Additionally, native Luis Oliveira Goncalves took a modest Angola side to the 2006 World Cup where he finally received the plaudits for years of unsung work.

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He tried to avoid criminal charges, claiming that his act was a legitimate political protest, but finally received the jail sentence.

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