On December 10, 1968, Merton had gone to attend an interfaith conference
between Catholic and non-Christian monks in suburban Bangkok, Thailand.
While stepping out of his bath, he reached out to adjust an electric fan
and apparently touched an exposed wire and was accidentally
electrocuted.[27] He died 27 years to the day after his entrance into the
Abbey of Gethsemani in 1941.[28] His body was flown back to the United
States and he is buried at Gethsemani Abbey.

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