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Sunday, 21 November 2010 02:35 |
 America's greatest counterculture writer, Hunter S. Thompson, left us six years ago, but he's hardly forgotten. Thompson was the subject of the 2008 documentary, "Gonzo," and his 1998 book, "The Rum Diary," is now a movie starring Johnny Depp.
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Monday, 05 April 2010 01:00 |
 The original movie stoner and director of "Easy Rider," died from prostate cancer on May 28, 2010. He was 73.
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Monday, 23 November 2009 20:54 |
 Affectionately known as the "Hemperor," Jack Herer was one of America's foremost marijuana activists. The author of "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" - about the government conspiracy behind cannabis prohibition - Herer preached his message that hemp can save the world until he passed away in April.
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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 23:31 |
 Born 60 years ago on Aug. 4, Louis Armstrong was a lifelong "gage" smoker, the first celebrity arrested for marijuana (in 1931) and encouraged Pres. Dwight Eisenhower to legalize it in the '50s. Armstrong joins CelebStoner Legends Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia, Peter Tosh and George Carlin.
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Sunday, 23 March 2008 19:56 |
 One of America's great and most enduring performers, veteran standup comic George Carlin passed away on June 22, 2008 from a heart attack. He'd recently appeared in his 14th HBO special. Like Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce, Carlin was known for riffing on drugs, as he did in his classic 1973 bit, "Grass Swept the Neighborhood."
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Friday, 19 October 2007 13:23 |
 On Sept. 11, 1987, reggae great Peter Tosh - best known for "Legalize It" (the greatest marijuana song of all time) - was gunned down in Jamaica. He was 42 years old.
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Wednesday, 01 August 2007 15:27 |
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Despite missing the middle finger of his right hand (it was accidentally chopped off by his brother when he was four), Jerry Garcia went on to co-found one of the most important rock bands of all time, the Grateful Dead.
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