John Sinclair, a prominent counterculture activist and former MC5 manager known for his radical politics and marijuana activism, has passed away at the age of 82. Sinclair's involvement in a high-profile pot bust and subsequent prison sentence inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded 1971 concert for his release.
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John Sinclair, a counterculture activist whose nearly 10-year prison sentence for sharing joints with an undercover police officer was cut short after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about his plight at a protest rally, has died at 82. https://t.co/IEr3X6JoXt
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The Detroit man who John Lennon made legendary for getting a ten-year sentence after giving two joints to undercover cops dies at 82. https://t.co/33DIzGKh3o
John Sinclair, a counterculture icon who managed Detroit rockers MC5 during their peak years, has died: https://t.co/TsD1XRVDhc
John Sinclair — the celebrated counterculture icon, poet, and political activist who advocated for cannabis and rock & roll and managed the MC5 — died at the age of 82. More on his legacy: https://t.co/4wRGL7Jsks https://t.co/vvpcdRoEHD
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 a star-studded 1971 concert to free him, has died. He was 82. https://t.co/LYZMegESEW
John Sinclair, activist immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82 https://t.co/8coQpfjxov
John Sinclair, a marijuana activist who was immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82 https://t.co/i0csAt56aq
John Sinclair, whose pot bust and prison sentence inspired Lennon song, dies at 82 https://t.co/aB13dlCW05
John Sinclair, the counterculture activist and former MC5 manager who helped define that proto-punk ensemble’s radical politics, died on Tuesday at 82. https://t.co/9ev9gDRuXi