

He wanted minimal ceremony to commemorate his passing, but donations in his honor can be made to the Free Burma Rangers, an organization run by a family friend, which provides education, training and medical services to oppressed people in Thailand, Burma, Sudan and Kurdistan: His family said his ashes would be scattered in Burma.

He went on to write a dozen books, including the bestselling The Soong Dynasty, a biography of the family that shaped modern China. Petersburg Times, and the Washington Post, in addition to writing for countless other publications. and became a journalist, working as a columnist for the Bangkok World, the St. Sterling eventually went to high school in the U.S. Both sides of the family had a long tradition of missionary work in Burma, and Sterling grew up there on the China-Burma border with his siblings, Gordon, Jr., Leslie, John, and Weston. Gordon Seagrave, a missionary doctor known as the “Burma Surgeon,” and Marion Morse. Sterling was born in 1937, the son of Dr. He made an indelible impression on all who knew him. He was a bestselling author, a captivating storyteller, and a complex human being. His wife of 35 years, Peggy Sawyer Seagrave, had passed away the year before. As an investigative journalist in Asia, he contributed to many major newspapers and magazines. Gordon Seagrave, author of Burma Surgeon). Sterling Seagrave, a well-known author who wrote books about Myanmar, China and Southeast Asia, passed away May 1, 2017, in France, where he had been living for more than 30 years. Sterling Seagrave grew up on the China-Burma border, the fifth generation of an American family living in the Orient for nearly two centuries (his father was Dr.
