On January 19, 1990, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (AKA "Osho") died. He led the international "Rajneesh movement" from Oregon - and later India, after he was deported from the United States following a salmonella-based terror attack, as well as a plot among his followers to assassinate a United States District Attorney. Rajneesh's movement attracted tens of thousands of adherents worldwide, including notables such as Nena ("99 Luftballons"), the actor Terence Stamp, and Arianna Huffington. At his height of success in Oregon, Rajneesh operated numerous subsidiary corporations and reportedly owned 93 Rolls-Royces.
Osho/Rajneesh had predicted that a combination of natural and nuclear cataclysms in 1983 would result in the complete obliteration of Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Mumbai, as well as other major population centers. Since the failure of such predictions, and his death in 1990, splinter groups like the Osho International Foundation and Osho Friends International carry on Rajneesh's legacy in India, the United States, and Europe.
