RIP John Sinclair, dead at 82
The poet and activist is known for managing the rock band MC5 and fighting to legalize cannabis
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The poet and activist is known for managing the rock band MC5 and fighting to legalize cannabis
His lengthy imprisonment for giving two joints to undercover officers inspired a 'freedom rally' attended by thousands of people.
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
Sinclair died Tuesday morning at Detroit Receiving Hospital of congestive heart failure following an illness, his publicist Matt Lee said.
Sinclair drew a 9 1/2-to-10-year prison sentence in 1969 for giving two joints to undercover officers.