For the last two years of his life, Hubbard lived in a luxury Blue Bird motorhome on Whispering Winds, a 160-acre ranch near Creston, California. He remained in deep hiding while controversy raged in the outside world about whether he was still alive and if so, where. According to a spokesperson, he spent his time "writing and researching", pursuing photography and music, overseeing construction work and checking on his animals.[292] He repeatedly redesigned the property, spending millions of dollars remodeling the ranch house – which went virtually uninhabited – and building a quarter-mile horse-racing track with an observation tower, which reportedly was never used.[286]
He was still closely involved in managing the Church of Scientology via secretly delivered orders[286] and continued to receive large amounts of money, of which Forbes magazine estimated "at least $200 million [was] gathered in Hubbard's name through 1982". In September 1985, the IRS notified the Church that it was considering indicting Hubbard for tax fraud.[293]
Hubbard suffered further ill-health, including chronic pancreatitis, during his residence at Whispering Winds. He suffered a fatal stroke on January 17, 1986 and died a week later.[281] The body was cremated following an autopsy and the ashes were scattered at sea.[294] Scientology leaders announced that his body had become an impediment to his work and that he had decided to "drop his body" to continue his research on another planet,[295] having "learned how to do it without a body".[296]
Hubbard was survived by his wife Mary Sue and all of his children except his second son Quentin. His will provided a trust fund to support Mary Sue; her children Arthur, Diana and Suzette; and Katherine, the daughter of his first wife Polly.[297] He disinherited two of his other children.[298] L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. had become estranged, changed his name to "Ronald DeWolf" and, in 1982, sued unsuccessfully for control of his father's estate.[299] Alexis Valerie, Hubbard's daughter by his second wife Sara, had attempted to contact her father in 1971. She was rebuffed with the implied claim that her real father was Jack Parsons rather than Hubbard, and that her mother had been a Nazi spy during the war.[300] Both later accepted settlements when litigation was threatened.[298] In 2001, Diana and Suzette were reported to still be Church members, while Arthur had left and become an artist. Hubbard's great-grandson, Jamie DeWolf, is a noted slam poet.[301]buy silver rounds vince delmonte fitness
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