Human Be-In, criticizing counterculture luminaries Timothy Leary, Jerry Rubin, and especially Abbie Hoffman. Grogan thought the HIP (Haight Independent Proprietors) merchants, led by Ron and Jay Thelin, who had sponsored events like the Human Be-In, were the primary beneficiaries of the events: "The HIP merchants were astounded by their own triumph by promoting such a large market for their wares. They became the Western world's taste makers overnight..." He objected to the "Summer of Love" enticing of young people to the Haight-Ashbury to experience hippie life, noting that an influx of residents would cause an "immigration crisis" and the kids who came expecting an already-formed Utopia would end up living a desperate hand-to-mouth existence on the streets. He also decried the HIP merchants' "HIP Job Co-Op," revealing that much of the work they offered was sweatshop labor. He pointed out that unskilled and clerical jobs would be taken away from poor residents who depended on such work to survive. Death On April 6, 1978, 35-year-old Grogan was found dead on a New York City Subway train on the F train in Coney Island; he had suffered a heart attack. Close friend and Digger co-founder Peter Coyote stated in his foreword to Grogan's autobiography Ringolevio that his death was due to a heroin overdose. Bob Dylan dedicated his 1978 album Street Legal to Grogan. Richard Brautigan dedicated his poem "Death Is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" to Grogan. Personal life Grogan was married to the French-Canadian actress Louise Latraverse; they had one son. Further reading References External links 1942 births 1978 deaths American anarchists Deaths by heroin overdose in New York (state) Diggers (theater) Far-left politics in the United States Free speech activists Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco People from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Drug-related deaths in New York City