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Monday, 03 September 2012 20:15 |
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 Washington Times founder, Reverend Sun Myung Moon has died.
He was 92.
The controversial self-proclaimed messiah figure who founded the Unification Church and built a business empire from scratch, died Monday at a hospital near his home in South Korea, two weeks after being admitted with pneumonia.
The Washington Times issued a statement saying he died just before 2am local time from complications of pneumonia, surrounded by family, friends and followers.
Moon claimed that he saw Jesus at the age 15 and in 1954, he founded the Unification Church in South Korea, which spread worldwide and attracted millions of followers.
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