Gaddafi’s former Ukrainian nurse, Oksana Balinskaya—who went to work for the Libyan leader at the age of 21 and cared for him until last February, when she returned to Ukraine—reacts to the news of the dictator’s death.
He was so obsessive about his outfits that he reminded me of a rock star from the 1980s. Sometimes when his guests were already waiting for him, he would go back to his room and change his clothes again, perhaps into his favorite white suit. When we drove around poor African countries he would fling money and candy out the widow of his armored limousine to children who ran after our motorcade; he didn’t want them close for fear of catching diseases from them.
Oksana Balinskaya on her time as Muammar Gaddafi’s nurse.
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