1. Luis Andrew Martinez was an activist who was known at the University of California, Berkeley as the Naked Guy.
11 Facts About Andrew Martinez
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Andrew Martinez explained that when he dressed in expensive, uncomfortable, stylish, "appropriate" attire, he hid the fact that his personal belief was that clothes were useless in his environment except as a tool for class and gender differentiation.
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Andrew Martinez appeared on national talk shows, was profiled in a photo essay in Playgirl and was parodied in the 1994 college comedy PCU.
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Andrew Martinez pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge and got two years probation.
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Andrew Martinez began wearing clothes again and began to write a manuscript about his experiences.
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Andrew Martinez showed signs of schizophrenia and was prescribed medication, but with little improvement.
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On January 10,2006, Andrew Martinez was arrested after a fight at a halfway house and charged with two counts of battery and one count of assault with a deadly weapon.
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Andrew Martinez was placed in maximum-security custody in Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose, California.
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The last time Andrew Martinez was seen alive by his mother was three weeks before his death when she had visited him in jail.
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The 33-year-old Andrew Martinez was found with a plastic bag around his head.
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Andrew Martinez was taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead of suicide on May 18,2006.