Editing Abbie Hoffman (section)

== Death ==
Hoffman was found dead in his apartment in [[Solebury Township, Pennsylvania]], on April 12, 1989, age 52. The cause of death was suicide by overdose from 150 [[phenobarbital]] tablets and liquor. Two hundred pages of handwritten notes were nearby, many detailing his moods. He had been diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]] in 1980.<ref name="jezer-1" /> He had recently changed treatment medications and was reportedly depressed when his 83-year-old mother was diagnosed with cancer (she died in 1996 at age 90). Some who were close to him claimed that he was also unhappy about reaching [[middle age]],<ref name=d;;aba /> combined with the fact that the liberal upheaval and rebelliousness of the 1960s and 1970s had produced a conservative backlash in the 1980s.<ref name=d;;aba /> In 1984, he had expressed dismay that the current generation of young people were not as interested in protesting and social activism as the youth had been during the 1960s.<ref name="jezer-1" />

His death was officially ruled a suicide. Hoffman's fellow Chicago Seven defendant [[David Dellinger]] disputed this; he said, "I don't believe for one moment the suicide thing" and said that Hoffman had "numerous plans for the future."<ref name="mourning"/> However, the coroner stood by the ruling, saying, "There is no way to take that amount of phenobarbital without intent. It was intentional and self-inflicted."<ref name=d;;aba>{{cite news|last=King|first= Wayne|date=April 19, 1989|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/19/us/abbie-hoffman-committed-suicide-using-barbiturates-autopsy-shows.html |title=Abbie Hoffman Committed Suicide Using Barbiturates, Autopsy Shows|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

His memorial service was held a week later in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], at [[Temple Emanuel Sinai (Worcester, Massachusetts)|Temple Emanuel]], the synagogue that he attended as a child, with 1,000 friends and family members in attendance.<ref name="mourning">{{cite news|first=Wayne|last=King|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/20/us/mourning-and-celebrating-a-radical.html |title=Mourning, and Celebrating, a Radical |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 20, 1989 |access-date=December 4, 2013}}</ref>