Dick Gregory, the last surviving presidential candidate from the November 1968 election, died on August 20. He was 84 and was living in Washington, D.C. He was the Freedom and Peace presidential nominee in 1968. Here is a major obituary from the Los Angeles Times. Thanks to Irv Sutley for the link.
He signed my LP ballot access petition in DC in 2000. We talked briefly. Good guy from what I could tell.
RIP.
Dick Gregory, showed us the best way to deal with policies and politicians that we don’t like; laugh at them and mock them. They can’t stand that.