| 词条 | Bud Osborn |
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LifeOsborn was born as Walton Homer Osborn III in Battle Creek, Michigan to Patricia Osborn (née Barnes) and Walton Homer Osborn II. He spent his childhood in Toledo, Ohio, where his father, who had been a pilot and German prisoner in World War II, was a reporter for the Toledo Blade. Walton Osborn committed suicide when Bud Osborn was three years old. His mother, who also served in the US military, reportedly married seven times. As a child Osborn saw her get raped by a stranger whom she brought home from a drinking establishment. At 15, he attempted suicide by taking Aspirin.[1] Osborn remarked that he was an athlete in high school. It was there that he began to read and write poetry. He entered Ohio Northern University but dropped out after two years. He married and had a son. They moved to his wife's hometown, New York city, but the marriage failed. He started using hard drugs. In 1969 he left the U.S. and moved with his family to Toronto in order to avoid draft for the Vietnam War,[1] His wife Julie and son Aeron later left for Oregon.[4] He would be estranged from his son Aeron for three decades. In 1970 he published his first chapbook of poetry by the Toronto Coach House Press.[1] Downtown EastsideIn 1986 he moved to Vancouver with his new female partner Cuba Dwyer, who eventually moved back to the United States. They ended up in the Downtown Eastside. Osborn got arrested for stealing books to support his heroin addiction and on one occasion almost died of a drug overdose. Years later, with the help of a Roman Catholic priest he overcame his heroin and alcohol dependency. In 1997 he met Ann Livingston, with whom he had a romantic relationship, and who was involved in running an illegal supervised drug injection site. Together they founded the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users.[1] In 1998 Osborn was appointed to the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board, where he advocated for legal safe injection sites,[1] working closely with MP Libby Davies.[4] He and Livingston organized the display of thousands of white crosses in Oppenheimer Park, representing the people who were dying in the Downtown Eastside. Insite, the only legal supervised injection site in North America, was opened in the Downtown Eastside in 2003.[1] After Insite was opened, Osborn shifted to opposing gentrification of the Downtown Eastside.[5] He died on 6 May 2014 at the age of 66 after being hospitalized for pneumonia and a heart condition,[3] and was remembered at a street memorial attended by 200 people.[1] Bibliography
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|last1=Stoffman|first1=Judy|title=Writer Bud Osborn fought for human life and dignity|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/writer-bud-osborn-fought-for-human-life-and-dignity/article18936780/?page=all|accessdate=12 June 2014|publisher=The Globe and Mail|work=Obituary|date=30 May 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://business.highbeam.com/2441/article-1G1-100731522/art-and-social-activism-interview-bud-osborn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150832/http://business.highbeam.com/2441/article-1G1-100731522/art-and-social-activism-interview-bud-osborn |dead-url=yes |archive-date=14 July 2014 |title=Art and social activism: an interview with Bud Osborn. (Q&A).(Interview) |work=CrossCurrents – The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health |publisher=HighBeam reprint |date=22 March 2003 |accessdate=7 July 2014 |author=O'Brien, Vicki}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Cole|first1=Yolande|title=Downtown Eastside poet and activist Bud Osborn remembered as "hero"|url=https://www.straight.com/news/641711/downtown-eastside-poet-and-activist-bud-osborn-remembered-hero|accessdate=12 June 2014|work=The Georgia Straight|date=7 May 2014}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Twigg|first1=Alan|title=Bud Osborn was heroic for DTES|url=http://bcbooklook.com/2014/05/07/bud-osborns-voice-changed-lives-in-vancouvers-dtes/|website=BC Booklook|accessdate=12 June 2014}} 5. ^Mike Harcourt (March 1, 2013), [https://vancouversun.com/life/Poor+priced+their+east+Vancouver+neighbourhood/8038008/story.html Poor priced out of their east Vancouver neighbourhood.] The Vancouver Sun. External links
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