Dwight Garner at the New York Times:
Carlos the Jackal, the international terrorist, was vain. He wore nipped-waist suits, Italian loafers, fine neckties and sometimes, in a nod to his hero Che Guevara, designer berets. He was a good dancer. He liked luxury hotels and well-curated wine lists. Women adored him. He’d stroll with one on each arm.
It must have bothered Carlos when, in 1975, the first known photograph of him was beamed worldwide. He was 25 at the time. In the black-and-white image, he wears a leather jacket, tinted oval glasses and a sinisterly aloof mien.
It became the most recognizable headshot of the second half of the 20th century. It appeared on Interpol’s wanted posters and on the front of newspapers and magazines globally. Carlos’s visage was never emblazoned on a collectible Slurpee cup, but if Charles Manson had managed a 7-Eleven, it would have been.
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