Rev. Thomas Heath, at 84; missionary served in Kenya

By Theresa C. Sanchez

Globe Correspondent / January 28, 2005

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The Rev. Thomas Richard Heath, a selfless Dominican priest who penned the legendary Boston College poem ''Proud Refrain" as an undergraduate during the early 1940s, died Jan. 13 in the Aga Khan Hospital of Kisumu, Kenya, a town northwest of Nairobi. He died from injuries sustained in an attack and robbery Jan. 4 at the community religious house where he ... (Full article: 585 words)