Former Church of Scientology spokesperson Mike Rinder, who became one of the organization’s harshest critics and rose to fame as presenter of the Emmy Award-winning television.
Show “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,” passed away in Palm Harbour, Florida, on Sunday. He was 69 years old.
According to his wife, Christie Collbran Rinder, he passed away in a hospice facility from metastasised esophageal cancer.
According to his 2022 memoir, “A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology,” Mr. Rinder was raised in the Church of Scientology and went on to become.
An international spokesman, the head of its Office of Special Affairs, and a member of the board of directors of Church of Scientology International from 1983 until 2007.
He initially encountered L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology, shortly after graduating from high school in 1973 and joining the Sea Organisation,
