12/11/1939 - 10/23/2016
Civil Rights Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Tom Hayden
Tom Hayden, an activist, politician, and author who was one of the famed "Chicago Seven" who protested the 1968 Democratic National Convention, died Oct. 23, according to his wife, Barbara Williams. He was 76.
Hayden's death came after a period of ill health. He had a stroke in 2015 and had been having heart problems recently.
The former husband of actress and fellow activist Jane Fonda, Hayden was one of the giants of the counterculture in the 1960s, a radical anti-war protester who...