{"id":1681,"date":"2008-02-06T11:40:45","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T11:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/02\/beatles-guru-maharishi-mahesh.html"},"modified":"2008-02-06T11:40:45","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T11:40:45","slug":"beatles-guru-maharishi-mahesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/02\/beatles-guru-maharishi-mahesh.html","title":{"rendered":"Beatles Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced the Fab Four, as well as a number of other celebrities, like Mia Farrow and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/184\/story_18457_1.html\">David Lynch,<\/a> to the benefits of Transcendental Meditation, has died.  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