# Ram Dass dies at age 88

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 23, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290 "2019-12-23T13:19:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290/1 "2019-12-23T13:19:55Z")

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I thought about reading Be Here Now , maybe I will now

> **[Ram Dass, Beloved Spiritual Teacher, Has Died](https://tricycle.org/article/ram-dass-dies/)**
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> The American spiritual leader, yogi, counterculture icon, and Be Here Now author has died. He was 88.

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290/2 "2019-12-23T23:36:27Z")

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An honest soul.

I think he is ‘still here now’.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290/3 "2019-12-24T00:21:37Z")

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The film [Fierce Grace](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310951/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3) shows him struggling after his stroke. It will knock your socks off. It also gives a fair amount of his personal history and philosophy. Give it a look if you can find it.

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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290/4 "2019-12-24T00:58:04Z")

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Nice link BD.

He had a positive impact on my life.

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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290/5 "2019-12-24T05:58:51Z")

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Rum Dum is gone.

I still have BE HERE NOW somewhere.

It was a wild ride.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290/6 "2019-12-26T22:11:15Z")

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When the _National Lampoon_ started their Baba Rum Raisin parody, I thought it was unfair.

Unfortunately, the parody wound up being closer to what BRR later became.