Editing Carlos Castaneda (section)

==Death==
Castaneda died on April 27, 1998{{sfn|Applebome|1998}} in Los Angeles due to complications from [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|hepatocellular cancer]]. There was no public service; he was cremated and the ashes were sent to [[Mexico]]. His death was unknown to the outside world until nearly two months later, on June 19, 1998, when an obituary, "A Hushed Death for Mystic Author Carlos Castaneda" by staff writer [[J. R. Moehringer]] appeared in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Castaneda Obituary|access-date=February 23, 2015|work=All Things Considered|publisher=National Public Radio|date=June 19, 1998|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/atc/archives/1998/980619.atc.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807062938/http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/archives/1998/980619.atc.html|archive-date=August 7, 2015}}</ref>

===Castaneda's students===
After Castaneda stepped away from public view in 1973, he bought a large multi-dwelling property in Los Angeles which he shared with some of his followers, including [[Taisha Abelar]] (formerly Maryann Simko) and [[Florinda Donner-Grau]] (formerly Regine Thal). Like Castaneda, Abelar and Donner-Grau were students of anthropology at UCLA. Each subsequently wrote a book about her experiences of Castaneda's / don Juan's teachings from a female perspective: ''The Sorcerer's Crossing: A Woman's Journey'' by Taisha Abelar, and ''Being-in-Dreaming: An Initiation into the Sorcerers' World'' by Florinda Donner. Castaneda endorsed both of these books as authentic reports of the sorcery experience of don Juan's world.{{sfnm|Donner-Grau|1982|Donner-Grau|1985|Donner|1991|Abelar|1992}}

Around the time Castaneda died, his companions Donner-Grau, Abelar and Patricia Partin informed friends they were leaving on a long journey. Amalia Marquez (also known as Talia Bey) and Tensegrity instructor Kylie Lundahl also left Los Angeles. Weeks later, Partin's red Ford Escort was found abandoned in Death Valley. Luis Marquez, Bey's brother, went to police in 1999 over his sister's disappearance, but could not convince them that it merited investigation.<ref name="salon_2007"/>

In 2003, Partin's sun-bleached skeleton was discovered by a pair of hikers in Death Valley's Panamint Dunes area and identified in 2006 by DNA testing. The investigating authorities ruled the cause of death as undetermined.<ref name="salon_2007"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Flinchum |first=Robin |title=Remains of guru's disciple identified |newspaper=Pahrump Valley Times |date=February 10, 2006 |url=http://archive.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/02/10/news/remains.html |access-date=February 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513142259/http://archive.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/02/10/news/remains.html |archive-date=May 13, 2015  }}</ref> However, Castaneda often talked about suicide, and associates believe the women killed themselves in the wake of Castaneda's death.<ref name="salon_2007"/>