The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries.
His followers around the world cherished him, while his detractors accused him of brainwashing recruits and extracting money from worshipers, the Associated Press website reports.
These contradictions did nothing to stop the founder of the Unification Church from turning his religious vision into a worldwide movement and a multibillion-dollar corporation stretching from the Korean Peninsula to the United States.
Moon died today (September 2, 2012) at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast of Seoul, South Korea, two weeks after being hospitalized with pneumonia, Unification Church spokesman Ahn Ho-yeul said. Moon's wife and children were at his side, Ahn added. Moon was 92 years old.
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