Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of …

Aug 15, 2022 · Abbie Hoffman was an icon of the counter-culture movement throughout the 1960s and active through the 1980s. Here is more about his tragic death in 1989.

Jun 1, 1989 · On April 12th, he was found in his bed, having taken 150 phenobarbitals — enough to kill 15 men. Some of his devotees contend that it couldn’t have been suicide, because …

Apr 19, 1989 · A coroner said Tuesday that Abbie Hoffman, a founder of the radical Yippie protest movement of the 1960s, committed suicide by taking a massive overdose of the sedative …

Apr 18, 1989 · DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Abbie Hoffman, the 1960s political activist who was found dead last week, committed suicide by taking a massive lethal dose of a prescription sedative …

Apr 8, 2025 · Abbie Hoffman (born November 30, 1936, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.—died April 12, 1989, New Hope, Pennsylvania) was an American political activist who founded the …

Apr 14, 1989 · Abbie Hoffman, the writer and antiwar protester who founded the Yippie movement in the 1960's and became a symbol of radical activism, was found dead Wednesday night at …

Apr 13, 1989 · SOLEBURY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Abbie Hoffman, the Yippie founder and Chicago Seven defendant who hid for seven years as a fugitive for cocaine trafficking, was found dead …

Apr 19, 1989 · Abbie Hoffman, the clown prince of radical protest whose life and death seemed a synonym for the 1960's, committed suicide with a huge dose of barbiturates, a Pennsylvania …

Apr 14, 1989 · And that often hard and bitter courtroom drama left Froines with an enduring fondness for the wild-haired counterculture guerrilla and Yippie leader who died Wednesday at …