The Rev. Sun Myung Moon dies at 92

AP NEWS ALERT: Sun Myung Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, dies at age 92.

 

GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — Officials say the religious leader who founded the Unification Church and built it into a multibillion-dollar business empire has died in South Korea at age 92.

Church officials said Monday that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon died at a hospital the church owns near his home in Gapyeong after being hospitalized with pneumonia last month.

The patriarch and founder of the controversial Unification Church gained fame in the 1970s and 1980s for pairing up and marrying off thousands of followers at elaborate mass weddings. Critics accused the church of demanding cult-like devotion from its followers.

The church also built a business empire that included newspapers, schools, a ski resort and dozens of other ventures in several countries, including a peace institute, carmaker and hotel in North Korea.

 

My condolences, Moddy?

 

Frank Costanza: I once talked to the reverend Sun Myung Moon. He bought two Jesus statues from me.
Elaine: Ohh.
Frank Costanza: Ever seen that face on him? t was like a big apple pie.

 

Goodnight, Moon.

 

Haha, beat me to it. Nicely done.

 

Who gets Moddy's budget in the will?

 

I'll watch "Inchon" in his honor.

 

nice

 

Will this change his pet newspaper's political slant?

 

Will he have his funeral along with 50 others?