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Hank Harrison

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Hank Harrison

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  • Born
    June 17, 1941 · Monterey, California, USA
  • Died
    January 23, 2022 · Galt, California, USA (heart failure)

Biography

    • Hank Harrison was born on June 17, 1941 in Monterey, California, USA. He was a writer, known for LSD-25 (1967), Kurt & Courtney (1998) and One Life (2003). He was married to Linda Risi. He died on January 23, 2022 in Galt, California, USA.

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  • Spouse
      Linda Risi(1963 - 1966) (divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
      Courtney Love

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  • Father of Courtney Love
  • Divorced his wife Linda when their daughter, Courtney Love, was 3 years old.
  • Was roommates with Grateful Dead's bass player, Phil Lesh, in the 1960s. Also wrote a two-volume longitudinal study of Haight-Ashbury and Grateful Dead, titled "The Dead: Vols. I & II", the first "insider's" account of the Haight-Ashbury experience.
  • Was one of the programmers on the intial incept of Adobe's "PDF" implementiation.
  • Was the first manager of Grateful Dead.

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