Oscar Zeta Acosta
Oscar Zeta Acosta | |
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| Born | Oscar Acosta Fierro April 8, 1935 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Disappeared | May 1974 (aged 39) Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Status | Missing, presumed dead |
| Education | San Francisco State University (BA) San Francisco Law School (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney, author, activist |
| Known for | Activism, friendship with Hunter S. Thompson |
| Notable work | Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo The Revolt of the Cockroach People |
| Movement | Chicano Movement |
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Fierro (/əˈkɒstə/; April 8, 1935 – disappeared May 1974) was a Mexican American attorney, author and activist in the Chicano Movement. He wrote the semi-autobiographical novels Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (1972) and The Revolt of the Cockroach People (1973), and was friends with American author Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson characterized him as a heavyweight Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in his 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Acosta disappeared in 1974 during a trip in Mexico and is presumed dead.