Hibiscus (entertainer)

Hibiscus
Hibiscus as Madame Butterfly at Sonoma State University in 1970
Born
George Edgerly Harris III

(1949-09-06)September 6, 1949
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 6, 1982(1982-05-06) (aged 32)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • performance artist

Hibiscus (born George Edgerly Harris III; September 6, 1949 – May 6, 1982) was an American actor and performance artist. He founded psychedelic gay liberation theater collectives The Cockettes in 1969 and The Angels of Light Free Theater in 1970.

He is widely believed to be the protester depicted in the iconic Flower Power (1967) photograph taken during an anti-Vietnam War protest in Washington, D.C., showing a demonstrator placing flowers into the gun barrels of military police.

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