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Paul Krassner [1] (April 9, 1932 – July 21, 2019) was an American writer and satirist. He was the founder, editor, and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist, first published in 1958. Krassner became a key figure in the counterculture of the 1960s as a member of Ken Kesey 's Merry Pranksters and a founding member of ...
- April 9, 1932, New York City, U.S.
- July 21, 2019 (aged 87), Desert Hot Springs, California, U.S.
- Writer, satirist, activist, comedian
- paulkrassner.com
Jul 21, 2019 · Paul Krassner was born on April 9, 1932, in Brooklyn, the second of three children. His father, Michael, was a printing compositor for The Long Island Star-Journal who had a cynical streak and ...
Jul 22, 2019 · Paul Krassner honed his outrageous humor as a contributor to Mad Magazine. He then refined it on the standup comedy stage and brought it to fruition in the magazine he founded called The Realist ...
Jul 22, 2019 · Paul Krassner was born April 9, 1932, in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. His father, Michael, was a Hungarian American printer; his mother, Ida, a Russian-born legal secretary.
Jul 21, 2019 · Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit prankster group by naming them the Yippies ...
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Jul 23, 2019 · Krassner, who died July 21, published and edited the magazine The Realist from 1958 until 1974 and became known as "the father of the underground press." Originally broadcast in 1988.
Jul 22, 2019 · Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit prankster group by naming them the Yippies, died Sunday in Southern California, his daughter said. Krassner died at his home in Desert Hot Springs, Holly Krassner Dawson told The Associated Press.