When was the Journalist who was kidnapped in Beiruit in 1986 born?
Lessness (short story):  The story was included in a book of short stories under the title "Friendship" launched in 1990 to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the kidnapping in Beirut of the British television journalist John McCarthy. John McCarthy (journalist): John Patrick McCarthy CBE (born 27 November 1956) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis.
27 November 1956