Marijuana activist, Lennon song subject John Sinclair dies at 82
Sinclair drew a 9 1/2-to-10-year prison sentence in 1969 for giving two joints to undercover officers.
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Sinclair drew a 9 1/2-to-10-year prison sentence in 1969 for giving two joints to undercover officers.
John Sinclair, cannabis activist, poet and counterculture figure, died at 82. Imprisoned for marijuana, freed after John Lennon's concert in his honor.
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.
Legendary Michigan political activist and poet John Sinclair passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 82.
Political and cultural activist, poet and writer John Sinclair died Tuesday morning at the age of 82.