Mark Twain , on hearing that his obituary had been printed in an American newspaper, telegraphed: 'The report of my death was an exaggeration.' History doesn't relate whether or not Mark Twain actually saw his own obituary or, if so, what he thought of it. The really intriguing question is, 'how would he have changed it?' In this new series Peter France faces contributors with their obituaries and gives them the unique opportunity to respond. In the first of four programmes
Dr Timothy Leary , former Harvard professor and psychedelic guru of the 1960s, views his filmed obituary at his home in Los Angeles.
How damaging has the drug culture he helped to found turned out to be? Does he regret his involvement in it? Who suffers if you spend a lifetime 'doing your own thing'?
Film editor CHRIS LYSAGHT
Series producer DANIEL WOLF Director PATTI STEEPLES An Everyman production
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