Passing of Tom Hayden : Statement from President Clinton and Secretary Clinton

Statement from President Clinton and Secretary Clinton on the Passing of Tom Hayden.

The death of Tom Hayden at age 76 marked the passing of a major progressive leader who championed causes from civil rights to Vietnam War opposition to the environment.

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The husband-wife President and Secretary Clinton releasing a statement on the passing of Tom Hyden.

Hillary and I were saddened to learn of the death of Tom Hayden. His eventful life in pursuit of peace and justice ran the gamut from protesting to legislating, with lots of writing and teaching along the way. 

Attacked first by the right as a dangerous radical, then by the left for his willingness to compromise, Tom always marched to the beat of his own drummer, doing what he thought at any given time would advance his lifelong goals. Hillary and I knew him for more than thirty years and valued both his words of support and his criticism. 

His intelligence, intensity, and willingness to put himself on the line was uniquely American. He will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with Barbara and his children.

Tom Hyden's News Everywhere.

Tom Hayden, Civil Rights and Antiwar Activist Turned Lawmaker, Dies
www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/us/tom-hayden-dead.html
Oct 24, 2016 - Tom Hayden, who burst out of the 1960s counterculture as a radical leader of America's civil rights and antiwar movements, but rocked the boat ...

Tom Hayden, anti-war and civil rights activist married to Jane Fonda
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/30/tom-hayden-anti-war-and-civil-rights-activist-married-to-jane-fo/
Fleeing Berkeley Hayden moved to Los Angeles and into the arms of Jane Fonda. The actress had been an anti-war activist before they met, but he encouraged her in a more radical direction. “She sat at Tom's feet, literally,” David Dellinger, a fellow pacifist, was quoted as saying later.

Tom Hayden, the Complicated Radical - POLITICO Magazine
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/tom-hayden-the-complicated-radical-214387
Oct 24, 2016 - Tom Hayden, the Complicated Radical. Why would a revolutionary show up at Bobby Kennedy's funeral in tears? By Jeff Greenfield. October

Tom Hayden, famed anti-Vietnam War activist, dies - CNN.com
www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/us/tom-hayden-dies/
Oct 24, 2016 - Tom Hayden, a peace activist whose radical political views spurred much of the 1960s anti-Vietnam War movement, has died.

Tom Hayden, anti-war activist and ex-husband of Jane Fonda, dies at 76
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/10/24/tom-hayden-famed-1960s-anti-war-activist-dies-76/92664764/
Oct 24, 2016 - Tom Hayden, the anti-Vietnam War activist, “Chicago 7” member and former husband of the actress Jane Fonda has died at the age of 76.

Tom Hayden - Anti-War Activist, Civil Rights Activist - Biography.com
www.biography.com/people/tom-hayden-9332143
Oct 23, 2016 - Tom Hayden is a political activist devoted to civil rights and the anti-war movement. Learn more about his life and causes, at Biography.com.

Longtime Progressive Activist Tom Hayden Dies At 76 : The Two-Way ...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/24/499130324/longtime-progressive-activist-tom-hayden-dies-at-76
Oct 24, 2016 - Author Tom Hayden poses before signing copies of his book, Ending The War in Iraq at Book Soup in Los Angeles in 2007.