In late 1995 , Kunstler died in New York City of heart failure at the age of 76 . In his last major public appearance , at the commencement ceremonies for the University at Buffalo 's School of Architecture and Planning , Kunstler lambasted the death penalty , saying , " We have become the charnel house of the Western world with reference to executions ; the next closest to us is the Republic of South Africa . " William Kunstler was survived by his wife Margaret Ratner Kunstler ( who was previously married to Kunstler 's close friend Michael Ratner ) and his four daughters Karin Kunstler Goldman , Jane Drazek , Sarah Kunstler and Emily Kunstler , and several grandchildren . Margaret Ratner Kunstler is Julian Assange 's attorney . Beginning in the summer of 2016 , she revealed to Randy Credico that WikiLeaks would release information about the Podesta and the Hillary Clinton campaign in the near future . On August 27 , 2016 , Credico sent a text message on to Roger Stone that " Julian Assange has kryptonite on Hillary . " Through information from Margaret Ratner Kunstler , Credico continued to give Stone updates about the subsequent release on WikiLeaks of numerous emails stolen from Podesta and the Hillary Clinton campaign which were released beginning on October 7 , 2016 . Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler produced a documentary about their father entitled '' William Kunstler : Disturbing the Universe '' , which had a screening as part of the Documentary Competition of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival
William Kunstler