Oscar Zeta Acosta
Novelist, Author
1935 – 1974
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Who was Oscar Zeta Acosta?
Oscar Zeta Acosta was an American attorney, politician, novelist and Chicano Movement activist, perhaps best known for his friendship with the American author Hunter S. Thompson, who characterized him as his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in his acclaimed novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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- Born
- Apr 8, 1935
El Paso - Also known as
- Oscar Acosta
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Mexican American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Modesto Junior College
- Lived in
- Modesto
- El Paso
- Died
- 1974
Mexico
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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