R.I.P. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has died.

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The Independent
Times Online
Rolling Stone
Times of India
Reuters:

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian mystic who taught meditation to the West, inspired the anti-materialism of the late sixties and the music of the Beatles, gaining a hold over the era's most influential stars.

Telegraph
The Hindu News Update Service
UPI
BBC
New York Times
Bloomberg
AP

2/7/2008:

AFP:

Surviving ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr paid tribute Thursday to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the band's one-time spiritual advisor, who died this week.

2/9/2008:

The Times of India reports that the cremation will take place on 2/11.

NPR