Lauren Bekal's Relationship With Len Karoo

Not once in 25 years had she felt free to prioritize her own work over her relationship with a man in her life. Applause gave Bekal focus when she desperately needed it. She often ended up talking candidly about her need to shake off the label of Bogi's widow. A 1972 profile in The Guardian described her as floating into a room on a cloud of cigarette smoke, breathing truisms like "grab it while it's there"