>As noted in Colin’s handwriting, he then went to jail for two days with Allen Ginsberg as a cell mate. “Oommm” is the sacred Hindu syllable that Ginsberg famously chanted. The look on Colin’s face says it all: Even as a rebel, he was goofy, fun-loving, and loved to laugh. He was serious when he needed to be, but always loved to stir things up. This photo is included in Hunter Thompson’s 1973 book, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72.

>In 1972, he organized a meet-and-greet for a then-unknown candidate for the Senate: Joe Biden, in his first run for public office.

>In 1981, Colin married the daughter of Lionel Van Deerlin, a Congressman who represented San Diego from 1963 to 1980. The couple had two children and Colin got on very well with his Democrat father-in-law. Colin was married to a kike.