- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAugustus Owsley Stanley III
- Nickname
- Bear
- Owsley Stanley was born on January 19, 1935 in Kentucky, USA. He was married to Sheilah. He died on March 13, 2011 in Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.
- SpouseSheilah(? - March 13, 2011) (his death, 4 children)
- 1960s counterculture figure and sound engineer for the Grateful Dead, he was referenced in lyrics by the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and Frank Zappa.
- Once produced a pound of pure LSD while a student at UC Berkeley after discovering the recipe in a chemistry journal.
- Paternal grandfather and namesake, Augustus Owsley Stanley, was a United States senator (19 May 1919 - 3 March 1925), US representative (4 March 1903 - 3 March 1915), and governor of Kentucky (7 December 1915 - 19 May 1919).
- Owsley County, Kentucky is named after Stanley's maternal great-great-uncle, William Owsley, governor of Kentucky (4 September 1844 - 6 September 1848).
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