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Obit watch: March 30, 2017.

Thursday, March 30th, 2017

William Powell apparently passed away July 31st of last year. However,

It was not until last week that his death became more widely known, with the theatrical release of “American Anarchist,” a documentary about Mr. Powell. His death was noted in the closing credits.

He was 66, and died of a heart attack.

Mr. Powell was most famous as the author of The Anarchist Cookbook .

Mr. Powell never revised the book or wrote a sequel, but his original stayed in print, through Lyle Stuart and its successor company, Barricade Books, and most recently by Delta Press. Eventually, he renounced the book. In 2000, he posted a statement to that effect on Amazon.com. And later, in 2013, he expressed his regret in an article he wrote for The Guardian.