Osama bin Laden: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Usāmah ibn Lādin
Born	1957 • Riyadh • Saudi Arabia
Died	May 2, 2011 (aged 54) • Abbottabad • Pakistan
Founder	al-Qaeda
Role In	September 11 attacks • USS “Cole” attack

Osama bin Laden was on the FBI's Most Wanted list for over a decade.
There are conspiracy theories surrounding bin Laden's death that can be partially attributed to the White House's decision to not release postmortem photographs of bin Laden.
Several former Navy SEALs have disagreed publicly about the details surrounding bin Laden's death, sometimes seeming to change the story so as to make their roles more prominent.