wing . ▁The ▁tour ▁generated ▁massive ▁public ity ▁and ▁considerable ▁funds ▁for ▁both . ▁Le ary ▁res umed ▁personal ▁appearances ▁and ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁document ary ▁Return ▁Eng agement ▁which ▁chron ic led ▁the ▁tour , ▁and ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁aut obi ography ▁Flash back s . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁he ▁held ▁a ▁fund ra iser ▁for ▁Libert arian ▁president ial ▁candidate ▁Ron ▁Paul . G illes pie , ▁Nick ▁( Dec ember ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 ) ▁Five ▁myth s ▁about ▁Ron ▁Paul ▁, ▁Washington ▁Post ▁ ▁Le ary ' s ▁extensive ▁tour ing ▁on ▁the ▁lecture ▁circuit ▁ens ured ▁him ▁a ▁comfortable ▁l ifest yle ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁He ▁hung ▁with ▁famous ▁people ▁including ▁Robert ▁Anton ▁Wilson , ▁science ▁fiction ▁writers ▁William ▁Gib son ▁and ▁Norman ▁Sp in rad , ▁and ▁rock ▁mus icians ▁David ▁By r ne ▁and ▁John ▁Fr us ci ante . ▁In ▁addition , ▁he ▁appeared ▁in ▁Johnny ▁De pp ' s ▁and ▁Gib by ▁Hay nes ' s ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁film ▁St uff , ▁which ▁showed ▁Fr us ci ante ' s ▁squ al id ▁living ▁conditions ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁ ▁Le ary ▁continued ▁to ▁take ▁dru gs ▁frequently ▁in ▁private , ▁but ▁stayed ▁away ▁from ▁pros ely t izing ▁psych ed el ics . ▁Instead , ▁he ▁pre ached ▁about ▁space ▁colon ization ▁and ▁extension ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁lif es pan . ▁He ▁exp