his Los Angeles home, of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was survived by his mother and brother, Michael McWilliams. At the time he was awaiting sentencing for his conviction of conspiring to "possess, manufacture and sell marijuana." Cannabis activist Richard Cowan and many critics of the drug policies in the United States have described his death as murder by the U.S. government, insofar as they denied him the use of the medical marijuana which might have prevented his death. William F. Buckley stated that McWilliams was vomiting and in pain when he died. He is entombed at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. Selected publications Surviving the Loss of a Love (Versemonger, 1971) The McWilliams II Word Processor Instruction Manual () (1983) You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought () (1988), co-authored with John-Roger Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School but Didn't () (1990) Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts (1991) How to Survive the Loss of a Love (1991), co-authored with Melba Colgrove and Harold H. Bloomfield Come Love With Me and Be My Life (1992) Portraits – A Book of Photographs by Peter McWilliams (1992) Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society (1993) Life 102: What to Do When Your Guru Sues You (1994) Love 101: To Love Oneself is the Beginning of a Lifelong Romance (1995) References External links Feature in People magazine Tribute website Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness 1949 births 2000 deaths American cannabis activists American libertarians American motivational writers American political writers American self-help writers Writers from Detroit American gay writers Eastern Michigan University alumni AIDS-related deaths in California LGBT people from Michigan 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers 20th-century LGBT people