LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Lyndon LaRouche Jr., the political extremist who ran for president in every election from 1976 to 2004, including a campaign waged from federal prison, has died. LaRouche’s political action committee confirmed Wednesday on its website that LaRouche died a day earlier. During a 1984 libel trial, LaRouche said he had no income and had filed no tax returns for 12 years. Based outside Washington in Leesburg, Virginia, LaRouche’s organization continued to operate during the years he was in prison. One high-profile case involved a supposed conspiracy to kidnap DuPont heir Lewis duPont Smith and his wife to deprogram them.

Source: Huffington Post February 14, 2019 03:00 UTC