Abbie Hoffman
Dead
Born: 11/30/1936 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 4/12/1989
Age: 52
Cause of death: suicide by drug overdose
Full name: Abbot Howard Hoffman
Noted For: anti-authority activist; founded the Youth International Party ("yippies", 1968). Arrested for selling cocaine (1973), fled, lived under the alias Barry Freed, surrendered (1980) and imprisoned.
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