John Sinclair, marijuana activist immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82
His lengthy imprisonment for giving two joints to undercover officers inspired a 'freedom rally' attended by thousands of people.
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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
John Sinclair, the former manager of rock band MC5 and a radical Detroit activist, died at age 82 on Tuesday (April 2).
Sinclair died Tuesday morning at Detroit Receiving Hospital of congestive heart failure following an illness, his publicist Matt Lee said.
John Sinclair — the counterculture icon, poet, and political activist who advocated for cannabis, and MC5 manager — died on Tuesday at the age of 82.