Hippie who discovered Anjuna beach dies in Goa

Yertward Mazamanian alias Eddie, a Hippie who discovered Anjuna beach in Goa for the rest of the world, died in the coastal state last week, his friends revealed.

The 85-year-old Eddie, known as Eight Finger Eddie, was an American Expat of Armenian ancestry, who discovered Anjuna beach for rest of the world in 1965 and stayed here till he breathed last on October 18.