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John Sinclair, a well known activist, writer and marijuana advocate in Detroit, died at the age of 82, 7 Action News confirmed.

Sinclair died Tuesday morning at Detroit Receiving Hospital of congestive heart failure following an illness, his publicist Matt Lee said.

Legendary counterculture figure John Sinclair died today at the age of 82. In addition to his many accomplishments listed elsewhere, he was a major fixture at WWOZ for many years.

John Sinclair — the counterculture icon, poet, and political activist who advocated for cannabis, and MC5 manager — died on Tuesday at the age of 82.

Sinclair drew a 9 1/2-to-10-year prison sentence in 1969 for giving two joints to undercover officers.

John Sinclair, the counterculture activist and former MC5 manager who helped define that proto-punk ensemble’s radical politics, died on Tuesday at 82.…

A few years back, as he released one of many albums combining his poetry and music, John Sinclair explained that, “I’m trying to do that while I’m here so…

Sinclair never stopped promoting — and partaking in — the use of marijuana.

John Sinclair, a poet, champion of legal marijuana and counterculture activist of 1960s and '70s Detroit, has died at the age of 82.

Sinclair died Tuesday morning at Detroit Receiving Hospital of congestive heart failure following an illness, his publicist Matt Lee said.