Short answers, pulled from the story.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was born Mahesh Prasad Varma in 1911 or 1917 into a Kayastha family of scribes in Central Provinces, British India. He was not born into the highest priestly caste but rather into a class of writers and administrators.
The Beatles left the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ashram in 1968 due to a rumor that he had made sexual advances toward Mia Farrow. George Harrison later called this claim total bullshit, though the band members departed after varying lengths of stay ranging from ten days to five weeks.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died on the 5th of February 2008 in his sleep of natural causes while secluded in his two-room quarters in Vlodrop, Netherlands. His funeral took place at his Allahabad ashram in India, overlooking the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi inaugurated the Natural Law Party in 1992 as a political organization that he called a natural government. The party was active in forty-two countries, and its Indian arm, the Ajeya Bharat Party, won a seat in a state assembly in 1998.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi left behind an estate worth an estimated $300 million when he died on the 5th of February 2008. This estate was inherited by his four nephews and Tony Nader, his anointed successor.