Watch "The Trial of the Chicago 7" on Netflix ..

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13. At the time of his death Hoffman was not "stalked, hunted, on the run, he went underground"

He surfaced in 1980 and received a whole 4 months on his distribution of cocaine charge. When he committed suicide 9 years later he had taken 150 tablets of phenobarbital. He had been diagnosed as a bi-polar years before.

I think he committed suicide because he was no longer relevant and no one really cared about his activities anymore. He had hit 50 and was depressed since he had told us "not to trust anyone over 30". Sometimes things are what they are...