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Thich Quang Duc
Vietnamese monk
Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese Roman Catholic government led by Ngô Đình Diệm. Wikipedia
Born: 1897, Hội Khánh, Vietnam
Died: June 11, 1963, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Cause of death: Burns from self-immolation
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