Thich Quang Duc
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Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government of Ngô Đình... Wikipedia
Born: 1897, Hội Khánh, Vietnam
Died: June 11, 1963 (age 66 years), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Place of burial: Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue, Vietnam
Parents: Lam Huu Ung and Nguyen Thi Nuong
Siblings: Lam Van Quy
Cause of death: Self-immolation
Other names: Bồ Tát Thích Quảng Đức (Bodhisattva Thích Quảng Đức)
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