Sunday, March 4, 2012

CASTANEDA'S QUIET DEATH WAS AS SECRET AS HIS LIFE.(MAIN)

Byline: New York Times

Carlos Castaneda, whose best- selling exploration of mystical and pharmacological frontiers helped to define the psychological landscape of the 1960s, died two months ago just as privately and secretly as he had lived, associates revealed this week. Befitting a man who made an aesthetic out of mystery, even his age is uncertain, but he was believed to be 72.

He died of liver cancer on April 27 at his home in Los Angeles, said Deborah Drooz, an entertainment lawyer, friend of Castaneda and executor of his estate. She said he had suffered from the illness for at least 10 months. After his death, his body was cremated and the remains were …

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