Sun Myung Moon, Church Head Who Ran Business Empire, Dies
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Sun Myung Moon, the Korean-born founder of the Unification Church and self-proclaimed messiah who built a secretive global business empire that sells cars, guns, newspapers and sushi, has died. He was 92.
Moon died in the early hours of this morning at a church-owned hospital in Gapyeong County, northeast of Seoul, the church said in an e-mailed statement. On Aug. 14, he had entered the intensive-care unit of St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul with complications from a cold and pneumonia.