Personal Life, Family and Beliefs
Verghese married Molly and has one daughter Nirmala Kurien and a grandson, Siddharth. He is an atheist. Verghese Kurien died on 9 September 2012 after a brief spell of illness in Nadiad, near Anand in Gujarat, India. He was 90.
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