Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!pesnta!pyramid!decwrl!amdcad!lll-crg!caip!daemon From: wmartin@BRL.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: L. Ron Hubbard dies Message-ID: <1148@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Sat, 1-Feb-86 11:03:38 EST Article-I.D.: caip.1148 Posted: Sat Feb 1 11:03:38 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Feb-86 02:58:27 EST Sender: daemon@caip.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 43 From: Will Martin From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tuesday, 26 Jan. '86: Los Angeles (AP) -- L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction writer who founded the controversial Church of Scientology three decades ago, has died, the church announced Monday night. He was 74. Hubbard, who was last seen in public in 1980, died Friday of a stroke at his ranch near San Luis Obispo, 150 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, said the Rev. Heber Jentzch, president of the Church of Scientology International. Hubbard did not control the church and its corporations for the past few years, said Jentzch. Hubbard's ashes were scattered at sea, said Earle Cooley, the church's chief counsel. Hubbard left most of his estate to Scientology, Cooley said. "L. Ron Hubbard, after making very generous provision for his surviving wife and certain of his children, has left the entire balance of his estate, which is very substantial, to Scientology," Cooley said. Hubbard and his third and surviving wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, founded the church in 1954. He laid out the Scientology doctrine in "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health," a book that has sold millions of copies. The wealthy church has battled the Internal Revenue Service and has fought suits filed by former members. The church has claimed up to 6 million members worldwide since the height of the movement in the 1970's. Defectors, however, have put the number at closer to 2 million. *** End of article*** Well, I think THIS gives lots of food for speculation. He died and was cremated and the ashes scattered, hmmmm... Well, those that have claimed tht he has been dead for some time can use THAT as start for discussion! Also, he left bequests to "CERTAIN of his children". Again, sounds like the makings of a fairly bitter internecine quarrel... Regards, Will