Dr. Albert Hofmann, Father of LSD
Dr. Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who first synthesized Lysergic acid diethylamide in 1938 and first consumed it in 1943, has reportedly died at the age of 102. See, drugs will kill you. (In the attached clip, children at Timothy Leary's Millbrook estate describe their experiences on acid— "it can become even more important than reading the bible six times.")