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February 23, 2012

Publisher Barney Rosset Dies at 89 
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The trailblazing publisher Barney Rosset has died at the age of 89.
Rosset is widely credited with changing U.S. publishing, withstanding
death threats, lawsuits and a bombing attack to win critical cases
against censorship. Through his imprint Grove Press, he was an early
champion of voices, including Samuel Beckett, Che Guevara and Malcolm X.



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