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Anti-Vietnam War activist Tom Hayden dies at 76

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (APP/AFP): Peace activist Tom Hayden, whose radical views were at the forefront of the anti-Vietnam War movement in the 1960s, has died. He was 76. Hayden’s wife, Canadian actress and author Barbara Williams, told CNN that he died late Sunday at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, from complications related to a 2015 stroke. He is also survived by the couple’s son, Liam. On Twitter, his official account hailed him as a “1960s radical who became a champion of liberal causes.”