| Abbie Hoffman  AKA Abbott Howard Hoffman
Born: 30-Nov-1936
Birthplace: Worcester, MA
Died: 12-Apr-1989
Location of death: New Hope, PA
Cause of death: Suicide
Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered)
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist, Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Steal This Book "There's no such thing as interacting in society without it being a political act, the most fearsome of which is war. But all other acts are political, too. Even if you say, 'I don't believe in politics', you've just acted. You've acted for the status quo." Father: John Hoffman (d.)
Mother: Florence Schanberg (d. 16-Jul-1996)
Brother: Jack Hoffman (d. 2-Jun-2020 COVID-19)
Wife: Sheila Karklin (m. 10-Jul-1960, div. 4-Nov-1966, one son, one daughter)
Son: Andrew (b. 31-Dec-1960)
Daughter: Amy ("Ilya", b. 19-Nov-1962, d. 2007 suicide)
Wife: Anita S. Kushner (m. 2-Jul-1967, div. 1980, one son)
Son: America (often spelled with lowercase "a", later changed to "Alan Hoffman")
High School: Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA (1955)
University: BA, Brandeis University (1959)
University: MA, UC Berkeley
Youth International Party
HUAC Hearings
Driving without a License Worcester, MA 3-Jun-1954
Trespassing The Pentagon, Oct-1967
Reckless Endangerment New York City 14-Nov-1967
Trespassing New York City 30-Apr-1968
Resisting Arrest New York City 30-Apr-1968
Failure to Appear Chicago, IL 1968
Unlawful Possession of a Knife (switchblade) Chicago, IL 1968
Obscenity Chicago, IL 28-Aug-1968
Resisting Arrest Chicago, IL 28-Aug-1968
Disorderly Conduct Chicago, IL 28-Aug-1968
Failure to Appear Chicago, IL 17-Sep-1968
Woodstock
Conspiracy Chicago, IL
Inciting a Riot Chicago, IL
Contempt of Court 1969
Assisted by the ACLU Chicago, IL (14-Aug-1968)
Assisted by the ACLU Philadelphia, PA (12-Nov-1987)
Drug Dealing (cocaine) 1973
Jumped Bail 1974
Vasectomy
Ordained by the Universal Life Church Minister
Autopsy
Russian Ancestry Paternal
Risk Factors: Bipolar Disorder, LSD, Cocaine, Asthma, Marijuana, Peyote, Yoga
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (20-Jan-2018) · Himself
Born on the Fourth of July (20-Dec-1989) · Strike Organizer
Heavy Petting (7-Sep-1989) · Himself
Rotten Library Page:
Abbie Hoffman
Author of books:
Revolution for the Hell of It (1968)
Fuck The System (1968)
Woodstock Nation (1969)
Steal This Book (1971)
Vote (1972)
To America with Love: Letters from the Underground (1976)
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980, memoir)
Square Dancing in the Ice Age (1982)
Steal This Urine Test (1987)
Preserving Disorder (1989)
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