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News •

Gyalo Thondup, brother of the Dalai Lama who acted as Tibet’s go-between with the great powers • Feb. 23, 2025, 2:14 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Why death of Dalai Lama’s brother marks the end of an era for ‘Tibetan cause’ • Feb. 14, 2025, 2:41 AM ET (South China Morning Post)
Dalai Lama's elder brother, who led several rounds of talks with China, dies at 97 • Feb. 9, 2025, 6:11 AM ET (AP)
Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98 • Feb. 7, 2025, 6:03 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Bstan ′dzin rgya mtsho • Lha mo don grub • Lhamo Dhondup • Lhamo Thondup • Tenzin Gyatso
Born July 6, 1935 (age 89) • China
Title / Office Dalai Lama (1950-2011), Tibet
Awards And Honors Templeton Prize (2012) • Nobel Prize (1989)

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