Global Buddhist spiritual leader Thich Nhat Hanh dies at 95
Thich Nhat Hanh, global Buddhist spiritual leader and longtime Vietnamese political exile, died on January 22. He was 95.
He had been in declining health and returned to Vietnam three years ago, expressing a wish to spend his remaining days at his root temple in Hue.
Thich Nhat Hanh spent 39 years in exile from Vietnam because of pro-peace advocacy that put him in conflict with both the North and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War. He also criticized US involvement in the war.