An encyclopedic entry such as

"Towards the end of his life, Robeson suffered from paranoia and severe depression. While in the Soviet Union in the early sixties, he attempted suicide. For a while, he lived in mental hospitals in Moscow and then in London."

does a diservice to the truth.

The onset of acute depression and wasting was sudden within 24 hours and without precedent. It occured under circumstances which clearly allows the possibility of a program of attempted murder by the covert hands of the USA. Friends and family all agree that Paul had no emotional problems prior to his flight from London and the stripping of his passport. Sudden psychotic breaks late in life are extremely rare. They normally occur in early adulthood or late adolescence.

What would have killed a normal man merely robbed Paul of the will to live for a brief time.

In the documentary that led me to the conclusion of poisoning, the testimony of family and friends was moving and shocking as to the sudden and unprecedented onset of a severe physical and emotional illness.

In Paul's time he was perceived as an enemy of the state by all the US cold war mongers. ..Probably to a greater degree than J Edgar Hoover perceived John Lennon as a threat to unilateral US war efforts.

Paul did gradually recover and did once again sing spirituals magnificently before his death.