Oscar Zeta Acosta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oscar Zeta Acosta

American attorney, politician, novelist and activist

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1935

Place of Birth: El Paso, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1974

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Fierro (; April 8, 1935 – disappeared 1974) was an American attorney, politician, novelist and activist in the Chicano Movement.
He was most well known for his novels Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (1972) and The Revolt of the Cockroach People (1973), and his friendship with American author Hunter S.
Thompson.
Thompson characterized him as a heavyweight Samoan attorney, Dr.
Gonzo, in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Acosta disappeared in 1974 during a trip in Mazatlán, Mexico, and is presumed dead.