A shame. A great american. Provided the catalysts that stated a movement in the 60s that started in the San Francisco Bay Area and spread through out the world. RIP
A very peculiar personality though.
The Electric Cool Aid Acid Test makes a great read about the Merry Pranksters, early Acid Tests (60s version of raves were LSD was the drug of choice), and the Grateful Dead was the house band. Owsley was the cook making the acid, although I don't think he's in the book.