Former cult leader Yahweh Ben Yahweh, linked to nearly two dozen killings during the 1980s and said to have ordered victim's ears cut off as proof they were killed, has died of advanced prostate cancer, his attorney said Tuesday, He was 71.

This according to an article at nbc6.net, published today.

Yahweh, who had served 11 of an 18 year prison sentence for racketeering conspiracy related to those killings had been released from prison in 2001.

He had been released from parole supervision earlier this year due to the advanced disease, even though prosecutors argued that even though he was in frail health he was still a threat.

Source: WTVJ (2007) Cult Leader Yahweh Ben Yahweh Dies of Prostate Cancer.. WTVJ Miami. (online article).