By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, March 19: Long-time Tibet supporter, historian, writer and academician Patrick French has passed away aged 57 on Thursday in London, after battling cancer for four years, his wife Meru Gokhale confirmed.  The 57-year-old author was a long-time supporter and friend of Tibet, the first executive member of the Tibet Support Group UK, Free Tibet Organisation. In