Dr Harold Hellman COOPER

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Anecdotal. On September 6 1966, parliamentary messenger Demitrio Tsafendas stabbed South African prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd to death in Parliament, in front of many witnesses. Before he could be put on trial, Tsafendas's sanity had to be ascertained as early encounters with officials had placed a question mark over his mental capability. Dr Harold Cooper was the Psychiatrist in the trial.

Harold married Ida SOLOMON, daughter of Joseph SOLOMON and Kate COHEN, in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. (Ida SOLOMON was born on 20 Nov 1929 in South Africa.)