interesting obit

Owsley Stanley

• Chemist (Made LSD in quantity for Grateful Dead, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and others and made the acid used by Ken Kesey for his Acid Tests)
• Has a high quality LSD named after him ("Owsley")
• Financial backer for Grateful Dead
• Co-designed the Grateful Dead's skull and lightning bolt logo
• Both the Grateful Dead (Alice D. Millionaire) and Steely Dan (Kid Charlemagne) wrote songs about him.
• Sound engineer praised for developing hi-fi sound at live concerts
• Moved to Australia to avoid what he thought would be an apocalyptic ice age in the Northern Hemisphere
• Professional ballet dancer
• US Air Force member
• Father was a congressman, governor of Kentucky and US senator (who fought Prohibition)
• Expelled in 9th grade for furnishing alcohol to other students
• Early Atkins adherent - Only ate meat (no vegetables, fruits, or anything else)
• Spent 2 years in jail for drugs
• Learned metalwork and jewelry making in prison