This is not strictly music news, but it kind of is, because of all those songs he inadvertently inspired. Albert Hofmann, the Swiss scientist who first synthesised and discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, has died at the age of 102. Hofmann was due to speak at the World Psychedelic Forum in March but pulled out due to ill health, and died from a heart attack at his home in Switzerland on Tuesday.
May 1, 2008
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Albert Hofmann dies
Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann, who first synthesised and discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, has died aged 102.