In 1965 , Donald Goldin became general manager of the Victoria Falls Casino Hotel , and the family moved to Rhodesia . He became a naturalized Rhodesian citizen , and in the Rhodesian general election , 1977 he was elected a member of parliament , a voice in the Ian Smith government for greater black inclusion . He served less than his full term before dying at age 46 on Air Rhodesia Flight 827 , a casualty of the Rhodesian Bush War . The Faanya met Robert Rose ( 1921-2009 ) in London in the early 1990s . He was a retired American entrepreneur , world traveler , and enthusiastic explorer . They married in 1993 . Robert introduced his new wife to the Explorers Club by way of the Club 's British Chapter . During her marriage to Rose , she established dual citizenship with the United States and Britain . He died at age 88
Air Rhodesia Flight 827
Air Rhodesia Flight 827
Faanya Rose