1.0Beliefnet Newshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/newsakornfeldhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/author/akornfeldPhilanthropist John Templeton, Who Promoted Science and Religion, Dies at 95rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="393wFECv3r"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2008/07/philanthropist-john-templeton">Philanthropist John Templeton, Who Promoted Science and Religion, Dies at 95</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2008/07/philanthropist-john-templeton/embed#?secret=393wFECv3r" width="600" height="338" title="“Philanthropist John Templeton, Who Promoted Science and Religion, Dies at 95” — Beliefnet News" data-secret="393wFECv3r" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Associated Press Nassau, Bahamas – John Templeton, an investor and mutual fund pioneer who dedicated much of his fortune to promoting religion and reconciling it with science, has died. He was 95. Templeton died Tuesday from pneumonia at Doctors Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, said his spokesman Donald Lehr. Templeton created the US$1.4 million Templeton Prize…