Harry Browne, former US presidential candidate and best selling author, dead at age 72
{{date|March 2, 2006}}

[[w:Harry Browne|Harry Browne]], two-time US [[w:Libertarian Party (United_States)|Libertarian Party]] presidential nominee and best-selling author died of [[w:Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis|Lou Gehrig's disease]] in his home in [[w:Franklin, Tennessee|Franklin]], [[Tennessee]], Wednesday night, 1 March 2006.  He was born 17 June 1933 in [[w:New York City|New York City]] and grew up in [[w:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]], [[California]].

He was the Public Policy Director for [http://www.downsizedc.org DownsizeDC.org] and was a consultant to the Permanent Portfolio family of mutual funds.

He was nominated by the US Libertarian Party as its presidential candidate in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election%2C_1996 1996] and again in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election%2C_2000 2000].

He is also know for his articles (including those on [http://www.lewrockwell.com LewRockwell.com]) and books including:

*"How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation" <br>
*"How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World" <br>
*"You Can Profit from a Monetary Crisis" <br>
*"Why Government Doesn't Work"<br>
*"The Great Libertarian Offer."

His writings focused largely on supporting [[w:Libertarian|libertarian]] ideas[http://www.lewrockwell.com/browne/browne-arch.html] and investment advise.  "How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation" predicted the future rise in gold prices in the 1970s.

He is survived by his wife Pamela Lanier Wolfe Browne and his daughter Autumn.

==Sources==

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Harry Browne, two-time US Libertarian Party presidential nominee and best-selling author died of Lou Gehrig's disease in his home in Franklin, Tennessee, Wednesday night, 1 March 2006.  He was born 17 June 1933 in New York City and grew up in Los Angeles, California.

He was the Public Policy Director for  DownsizeDC.org and was a consultant to the Permanent Portfolio family of mutual funds.

He was nominated by the US Libertarian Party as its presidential candidate in  1996 and again in  2000.

He is also know for his articles (including those on  LewRockwell.com) and books including:

*"How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation" 
*"How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World" 
*"You Can Profit from a Monetary Crisis" 
*"Why Government Doesn't Work"
*"The Great Libertarian Offer."

His writings focused largely on supporting libertarian ideas and investment advise.  "How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation" predicted the future rise in gold prices in the 1970s.

He is survived by his wife Pamela Lanier Wolfe Browne and his daughter Autumn.
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