1943 - 1990
Ösel Tendzin American Religion
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American Religious Leader Ösel Tendzin was born Thomas Frederick Rich, Jr. on 28th June, 1943 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA and passed away on 25th Aug 1990 San Francisco, California, USA aged 47. He is most remembered for Controversial and notorious western Tibetan buddhist. His zodiac sign is Cancer.
Ösel Tendzin is a member of the following lists: 1943 births, Fordham University alumni and Tibetan Buddhists from the United States.
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Details
| First Name |
Ösel
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| Last Name |
Tendzin
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| Full Name at Birth |
Thomas Frederick Rich, Jr.
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| Birthday |
28th June, 1943
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| Birthplace |
Passaic, New Jersey, USA
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| Died |
25th August, 1990
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| Place of Death |
San Francisco, California, USA
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| Cause of Death |
Aids (related complications)
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Sexuality |
Bisexual
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Buddhist
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| Occupation |
Religion
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| Claim to Fame |
Controversial and notorious western Tibetan buddhist
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| Official Websites |
www.vajraregent.org/
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Ösel Tendzin (Tibetan: འོད་གསལ་བསྟན་འཛིན་, Wylie: ‘od gsal bstan ‘dzin), born Thomas Frederick Rich, Jr. (1943–1990), was an American Buddhist. He was the principal student of Chögyam Trungpa. On August 22, 1976, Trungpa empowered Tendzin as his Vajra Regent and first Western lineage holder in the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism. On August 25, 1990, Tendzin died of HIV/AIDS in San Francisco, California. His wife, Lila Rich, and a group of his students continue to live in Ojai, California.
