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Mike Rinder Dies: ‘Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath’ Co-Host Was 69
Mike Rinder, a former top-ranking Scientology executive-turned-whistleblower and co-host of 'Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,' has died.
Mike Rinder and Leah ReminiPaul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty Images Mike Rinder, a former top-ranking Scientology executive-turned-whistleblower and co-host of A&E’s Emmy-winning docuseries Leah Remini: Scientologyand the Aftermath, has died at the age of 69, his wife Christie King Collbran wrote on Instagram. “Rest in peace, my sweet, beautiful husband,” wrote Collbran, who was also raised in the Church of Scientology and recruited alongside Rinder to be a part of the Sea Org, an elite group of members who enforce the institution. In the statement (below), Collbran shared Rinder’s parting words, which included a dig at Scientologists’ belief in immortality as well as a list of regrets in not having achieved “ending the abuses of Scientology, especially disconnection, and seeing [his son] Jack into adulthood.”
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