OFF but ON: Timothy Leary

[john paine]

On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Jerry wrote:

> Wylie wrote:
>
> >  Today the world lost a great visionary, a mind that grasped realities
> >which most of us cannot imagine, let alone experience.  May he relish
> >the ultimate trip.  This day I mourn.
>
> Didn't he say (first week of May) that he wanted to commit suicide by taking
> an overdose on something? The whole event had to be video taped and
> broadcast on tv and internet. I guess this did not happen?
>
> Jerry
>
He was intending to commit suicide "on-line", and has had a web page for
some time (http\\:www.leary.org? something like that).  He died in his
sleep, and his last words were pretty interesting . . .