Australia’s ‘Dingo’s got my baby’ father dies


Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain, parents of infant Azaria Chamberlain who was snatched by a dingo in 1980, pose for a photograph in Alice Springs in this undated file photo. -Reuters

SYDNEY: Michael Chamberlain, whose nine-week-old baby was snatched by a dingo from an Australian campground in a story made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Meryl Streep, has died, his family said Tuesday.

The 72-year-old, who fought for decades to prove a native wild dog took the infant and his wife did not kill her, passed away reportedly after suffering complications from acute leukaemia.

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