Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Terry Waite (born May 31, 1939), CBE (1992), is a British humanitarian and author best known for his work as a hostage negotiator who was himself held hostage in Lebanon for more than four years, from January 1987 to November 17, 1991. Today he is involved with many charities, including Emmaus This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.