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In Memoriam
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ABBIE HOFFMAN
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1937-1989
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Abbie Hoffman, founder of the Youth International Party, (The Yippies)
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was found dead in bed late last night. Pending an autopsy, it appears
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he died of natural causes.
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Abbie was perhaps the archetype of a "Sixties Radical" - a member of
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the CHICAGO SEVEN, went underground after being convicted of "selling
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cocaine" (believed by many to have been framed) and after plastic
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surgery to alter his appearance, became an environmental activist in
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upstate New York. He surfaced and served a reduced sentence, and had
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been lecturing and writing for the last few years.
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Abbie Hoffman, founder of the Youth International Party, (The Yippies)
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was found dead in bed late last night. Pending an autopsy, it appears
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he died of natural causes.
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Abbie was perhaps the archetype of a "Sixties Radical" - a member of
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the CHICAGO SEVEN, went underground after being convicted of "selling
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cocaine" (believed by many to have been framed) and after plastic
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surgery to alter his appearance, became an environmental activist in
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upstate New York. He surfaced and served a reduced sentence, and had
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been lecturing and writing for the last few years.
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His work (notably a book titled STEAL THIS BOOK) should be required
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reading for every 14-year-old.
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My world just got a little darker.
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Michael Hofer
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SysOp, The Ancient Pond
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516-935-2027
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