Fugitive member of the Black Panthers returned from self imposed exile in Paris in order to face murder charges.
During his time in Paris, he'd become a born again Christian and a clothing designer, having designed trousers with a prominent codpiece to free men, he said, from "penis binding".
They did not become popular.
Cleaver was highly eccentric. During his lifetime he swung widely in political views and he spent time in a wide variety of nations, including North Korea, Cuba, China and Algeria. He'd go on to a variety of religions after being a born again Christian before converting to Mormonism. About the same time he became a conservative Republican, and twice ran for the Senate. He'd end up, in spite of this, being convicted of drug possession. He died in 1998 at age 62. His ex wife, Kathleen, remains living and became a lawyer following their divorce in 1987.
He also left behind a son, Dr.Ahmad Maceo ibn Eldridge Cleaver, who was born in Algeria who passed away in Saudi Arabia in 2018 leaving himself three wives and 14 children. His daughter, Joju Cleaver, born in North Korea, is a professor at Georgia State University.
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