Paul Krassner

Paul Krassner (born April 9, 1932, Brooklyn, New York, USA – died July 21, 2019, Desert Hot Springs, California, USA) was an American author, journalist, comedian, and the founder, editor and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist (a very early example of the countercultural press in the United States), 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. He also served as a columnist for the New York Press, Disinfotainment Today and AVN Online.