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Harry Browne died March 1, 2006

Browne was the Libertarian Party presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000. He died at his home in Franklin, Tenn., after a long struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Browne was 72.

"I would describe him as the most free man I ever met," said Jim Babka. "He was gentlemanly, courteous and cultivated his personal happiness. Mr. Browne was "poised and well-spoken, very gracious, very much a gentleman" and "incredibly disciplined."

Mr. Browne was an author and investment adviser. He was the author of 12 books that have sold a combined total of more than 2 million copies. They included "Why Government Doesn't Work," "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World," and "Fail-Safe Investing." His 1973 book, "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World," has been compared by some to Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" in terms of its influence in promoting a philosophy of individual freedom. In his 1970 book "How You Can Profit From the Coming Devaluation," he predicted that the dollar would be devalued and major inflation could be forthcoming.

Browne painstakingly "defended personal liberty against the surveillance state, less government against the homeland-security state, and peace against the war on terror." An Internet-distributed essay that Browne wrote a day after the 9/11 attacks said "it was only a matter of time until Americans would have to suffer personally" for their government's foreign policy missteps.

Mr. Browne "was a consistently hard-core and vital voice for liberty," Reason magazine senior editor Brian Doherty wrote at www.reason.com. Browne advocated ending the "insane War on Drugs." He also wanted to abolish the income tax.

"He was a man of great principle who courageously and consistently stood up for liberty even when his position clashed with mainstream political culture and public opinion," said Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a libertarian think tank in Auburn, Ala.

posted by Hal 1:33 PM