Alberto Korda uncredited. Korda suffered a fatal heart attack in Paris in 2001 while presenting an exhibition of his work. He is buried in the Colon Cemetery, Havana. He was featured in a full feature documentary titled Kordavision directed by Hector Cruz Sandoval in 2006 which was selected by AMPAS 2007 documentary series. In September 2016 the 'Leica' camera that Korda's used for his famous photo of Che Guevara was auctioned through online auction house Catawiki for 18,100 euros. Solo exhibitions of his works have been held in Helsinki, Finland, 1962; the Galleria H. Diafragma Canon, Milan, Italy, 1985; Galería Servando Cabrera,
Michael Korda task of reading slush pile manuscripts for Henry Simon. Many editors stick to one area of interest, but early on Korda demonstrated an ability and interest in editing both fiction and non-fiction. He states in his memoir that he edited books on everything from mathematics and philosophy, memoirs, fiction, translations from French, politics, anthropology and science history among others. One of the first books Korda bought was "The Forest People" by Colin Turnbull—a memoir of Turnbull's time living with the Mbuti Pygmies in the then Belgian Congo. After Robert Gottlieb left Simon & Schuster for Alfred A. Knopf, Korda became