Marilyn SILVERSTONE died September 28th 1999 of cancer in Kathmandu , aged 70.

She was one of only five women members of Magnum Photos. Yet after more than 20 years of freelancing for publications such as Life and Paris-Match, she gave up photo journalism to become a Buddhist nun in Nepal.
Marilyn Silverstone came from the most comfortable of family backgrounds, but her adventurous spirit made her one of the world's leading photographers ; her extensive coverage of the Indian sub-continent ranged from wars to cultural life, from poverty to palace life.

Her last wish was to die in Nepal...