Thinle Lhondup ( ne, थिन्ले लोन्डुप), also known as Thinley or Thinlen (1943/44 – April 24, 2016), was a popular Nepalese

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from

Dolpa Dolpa District ( ne, डोल्पा जिल्ला), is a district, located in Karnali Province of Nepal, It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and one of ten district of Karnali. The district, with Dunai as its district h ...

, Nepal. He is best known for his role as the elderly-community leader named Tinle in ''

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'', a 1999 adventure film directed by

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, a French film director. The film was nominated in the

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category at the

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. He also appeared in some Nepali music videos, including the popular "Sa Karnali" by the Nepali band

Nepathya Nepathya ( ne, नेपथ्य, also spelled as Nepathaya) is a Nepalese folk rock band that was formed in the early 1990s by three students from Pokhara while studying in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepathya was formed by Deepak Rana, Bhim Poon and A ...

. Thinle died on April 24, 2016, in Dolpa, Nepal after falling from the trail whilst riding a horse, aged 72. He had also been suffering from stomach cancer for which he took treatment at

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* 1940s births 2016 deaths 20th-century Nepalese male actors Nepalese male film actors Nepalese people of Tibetan descent People from Dolpa District Deaths by horse-riding accident Accidental deaths in Nepal {{Nepal-bio-stub