LANCASTER — Nguyen Chanh Thi, a former South Vietnamese general and administrator whose ouster in 1966 led to infighting in his own country during the war against North Vietnam, has died. He was 84.

Thi died Saturday at a hospice in Lancaster, where he lived for almost 30 years, his family said Tuesday.

Thi was born Feb. 23, 1923, in Hue, part of the northern region of South Vietnam in which he administered. He was part of a 10-member junta of generals that served as a ruling body in 1966 when Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, the premier, helped convince the other generals to fire Thi.

Thi, a Buddhist, was popular in his region. Buddhists made up a majority of South Vietnam, and rioting and unrest grew into a rebellion in 1966 that became known as "the struggle movement."

By The Associated Press