Mike Rinder, former high-ranking member of the Church of Scientology and star of the Emmy-winning docuseries Scientology and the Aftermath, has passed away at the age of 69.
Mike Rinder, the former senior Scientologist who with fellow ex-member Leah Remini exposed the organization via a podcast and an Emmy-winning docuseries, has died. He was 69. Rinder had advanced esophageal cancer, journalist and Scientology expert Tony Ortega had shared in June 2023. On Sunday, Ortega wrote on X, “Mike Rinder sent us an email today, to let us know that he had shuffled off this mortal coil. That was so like him, thoughtful to the end. We’re just coming to grips with this news.
” Rinder’s parents joined Scientology while he was a child and he grew up in the organization. At 18, he joined Scientology’s Sea Org, a senior level of staff. He continued his ascent in the organization and eventually became the executive director of the Office of Special Affairs, effectively becoming the chief media-facing representative of Scientology. He also admitted to being the chief practitioner of PR dark arts, including smear and intimidation campaigns against journalists, ex-members and critics of Scientology. Rinder linked up with actress Leah Remini, who had left Scientology in 2013, and the pair collaborated on the A&E investigative documentary series Scientology and the Aftermath which first aired in November 2016. In all, the series ran for three seasons for a total of 37 episodes, which Rinder co-hosted with Remini
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