Paul Krassner

Paul Krassner

Known For: Acting

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: April 9, 1932

Day of Death: July 21, 2019 (87 years old)

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Paul Krassner (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 the Yippies, a term he is credited with coining. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Krassner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.