Gary Allen | |
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Born |
Glendale, California, United States |
August 2, 1936
Died | November 29, 1986 Long Beach, California, United States |
(aged 50)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Stanford University California State University, Long Beach |
Occupation | Author, journalist, political activist |
Political party | Independent |
Children | Four children, including: Michael Allen |
Gary Allen (August 2, 1936 – November 29, 1986) was an American conservative journalist, conspiracy theorist book author, and sociopolitical researcher.
As a student, Allen majored in history at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and studied as well at California State University in Long Beach. He was a prominent member of Robert W. Welch, Jr.'s John Birch Society, of which he was a spokesman. He contributed to magazines such as Conservative Digest and American Opinion magazine since 1964. He also was the speech writer for George Wallace, the former governor of Alabama, during his segregationist third-party presidential bid in the 1968 U.S. presidential election against Richard M. Nixon and Hubert H. Humphrey. He was an advisor to the conservative Texas millionaire Nelson Bunker Hunt.
Allen was the father of four children, including Michael Allen, a political news journalist.
Allen died in 1986 in Long Beach, California, at the age of 50 of a liver ailment.