by Boria Sax Continuum International Publishing Group Inc., (370 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017), 2000. 206 pages, paperback. $19.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Hitler was a vegetarian, probably in emulation of the composer Richard Wagner, Boria Sax asserts, but claims, as vegetarian historian Rynn Berry and others have documented, that “Hitler was probably […]
Dick Gregory, 50 years a vegan activist, dies at 84
Had record of advocacy for non-violent food nearly as long as careers in comedy and civil rights Dick Gregory, 84, remembered by most media as “a groundbreaking comedian and civil rights activist,” but also actively advocating a vegan lifestyle for nearly two-thirds of his life, died in Washington D.C. on August 19, 2017 from a […]
Vegan author & historian Rynn Berry, 68
Rynn Berry, 68, died on January 9, 2014 at New York Methodist Hospital in New York City. An accomplished runner who completed the 1979 New York City Marathon and had competed in shorter events as far away as Brazil, Berry had suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on New Year’s Eve while […]