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Early life
[[File:Abbie Hoffman visiting the University of Oklahoma circa 1969.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Hoffman at a Vietnam War protest]]
[[File:Abbie Hoffman visiting the University of Oklahoma circa 1969.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Hoffman at a Vietnam War protest]]
'''Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman''' (November 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989) was a [[leftist]] political activist, anarchist and writer who founded the [[Youth International Party]] (Yippies).<ref>ATTAC Terror Report, [http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=yip Youth International Party].</ref> He was one of the key figures in the [[Chicago Seven Trial]]. One of his trademarks was wearing a shirt patterned after the American Flag, which was ironic due to his being extremely anti-American.
'''Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman''' (November 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989) was a [[leftist]] political activist, anarchist and writer who founded the [[Youth International Party]] (Yippies).<ref>ATTAC Terror Report, [http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=yip Youth International Party].</ref> He was one of the key figures in the [[Chicago Seven Trial]]. One of his trademarks was wearing a shirt patterned after the American Flag, which was ironic due to his being extremely anti-American.
==Early life==
Hoffman was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on November 30, 1936, to Florence Schanberg Hoffman and John Hoffman.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ECYjlcF6QIcC&pg=PA3 Abbie Hoffman: American Rebel]</ref>
==Activism==
==Activism==
==Later life and death==
==Later life and death==
He went underground in 1973 to avoid being convicted in a drug bust. The coroner ruled Hoffman's death at the age of 63 in 1989 a suicide caused by a lethal combination of [[alcohol]] and prescription medications. Hoffman authored the countercultural book ''Steal This Book''.
He went underground in 1973 to avoid being convicted in a drug bust. The coroner ruled Hoffman's death at the age of 63 on April 12, 1989, a suicide caused by a lethal combination of [[alcohol]] and prescription medications. Hoffman authored the countercultural book ''Steal This Book''.
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==