Krassner died at his home in Desert Hot Springs, Holly Krassner Dawson told The Associated Press. What he really was, Krassner told The Associated Press in 2013, was a guy who enjoyed making people laugh, although one who brought a political activist's conscience to the effort. After studying journalism at New York's Baruch College, Krassner went to work for Mad Magazine before founding the satirical counterculture magazine The Realist in 1958. And he recently wrote the introduction for an upcoming book about his old friend Abbie Hoffman, Dawson said. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Cain; brother, George; daughter, Holly Krassner Dawson; and one grandchild.

Source: ABC News July 21, 2019 22:15 UTC