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Robert Thurman
American Buddhist writer and academic
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1941
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 85
- known for
- writer, university teacher, translator
1941 – 2026
where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Robert Thurman in 2026, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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