Libertarian Author Brian Doherty Dies After Falling In A Park

The renowned libertarian writer Brian Doherty has died aft an evident autumn successful nan Bay Area, according to his colleagues.

Doherty, 57, was recovered dormant successful Battery Yates, portion of nan Golden Gate National Recreation Area. He is believed to person fallen while attending an arena connected March 12.

The writer’s decease was confirmed by nan libertarian mag Reason, wherever he worked arsenic a elder editor.

“Brian was nan historiographer of nan libertarian movement,” Reason Foundation President David Nott wrote. “He lovingly and comprehensively portrayed nan colorful characters successful nan libertarian world.”

Matt Welch, an editor-at-large astatine Reason, revealed successful his article that Doherty had suffered from a “series of beingness ailments and setbacks that near him stepping pinch a cane.”

“It is apt that information contributed to his deadly tumble Thursday, arsenic he took a stroll distant from - of course! - an creation gathering atop an abandoned World War 2 weapon battery,” he continued.

Born successful New York and raised successful Florida, Doherty was astir known for his 2007 book Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of nan Modern American Libertarian Movement.

His different useful saw him tackling arguable issues, including gun control laws and nan bequest of erstwhile Congressman Ron Paul.

In 2004, he wrote This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground, which documented nan origins of nan now-infamous festival successful Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

Doherty majored successful publicity astatine nan University of Florida successful nan 1980s and became associated pinch a group of artists known arsenic nan Cacophony Society successful Los Angeles during nan mid-1990s, according to Reason.

In a Reason article published successful 2013, Doherty wrote that nan Cacophony Society “inspired aliases created arena ranging from nan novel/movie Fight Club to municipality exploration, advertisement alteration, nan Yes Men, flash mobs, and ‘Santa Rampages.’”

Nick Gillespie, different editor astatine ample astatine Reason, wrote successful a tribute to Doherty that his precocious workfellow was nan first personification that he called aft taking nan helm astatine nan libertarian mag successful 2000.

Doherty had joined nan mag successful 1994 but had near towards nan extremity of nan decade, according to Gillespie.

“Come back, I said, Reason needs you,” Gillespie wrote. “What I liked astir about Brian was his abiding liking successful things happening connected nan margins of American culture, politics, and thought, and his heavy appreciation for nan prodigious bounty that markets present reliably and without moralizing.”

The Independent has contacted nan National Park Service for comment.