LOS ANGELES: JAMES HOUSTON TURNER HOSTED AT THE G’DAY USA BLACK TIE GALA TO CELEBRATE HIS TWENTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BEATING CANCER.

“It’s especially rewarding,” he says, “because doctors didn’t think I’d live 18 months. The first sound I remember was the metronome of the heart monitor when I came out from the anesthetic of my eleven-hour operation. The first sight I saw was my wife, Wendy. She was standing beside me, holding my hand. We still hold hands.” A collection of G’day USA photos is available at: http://jameshoustonturner.blogspot.com/2011/01/cool-dude-writer-goes-to-gday-usa.html.