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John Sinclair, a poet, music producer, and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded...

John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded 1971 concert to free him, died Tuesday

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded 1971 concert to free him, has died. He was 82. Sinclair died Tuesday morning at Detroit Receiving Hospital of congestive heart failure following […]

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OTTAWA - The Liberal government has revealed another glimpse of what it will present in next week's federal budget, announcing it's setting aside another $15 billion for an apartment construction loan program.

John Sinclair, MC5 manager and activist, died in April 2024.

He played four seasons with his hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders, but Jim Hopson's greatest contribution to the storied CFL franchise came in the boardroom.

Photo: Junfu Han ~ USA TODAY NETWORK DETROIT, April 3, 2024 ~ If there were a godfather of the legal marijuana movement, it would be Detroit area native John Sinclair. The long-time champion of legalized pot, activist, poet, rocker, and writer died at the age of 82 Tuesday. Born in Davison, Mich

He got 9.5 to 10 years for giving two joints to undercover cops.

When MC5 played the show it was at a venue called Crazy Horse, which was very popular in the 60s and 70s. The Concert Database places its original location at 5845 S. 12th Street in Portage, where the Bullfrogs & Butterflies Christian Learning Center & Preschool is today.