In 1962, Fischer was thrown out of school for singing in class. Unable to rationalize her son’s behavior, and scandalized as Fischer’s expulsion extended the problem past the privacy of their home, his mother had him committed in 1963 to Camarillo State Hospital, where he was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic. This type of incarceration was a not uncommon response to nonconformity during the 1950s and early ’60s
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Wild Man Fischer – Wikipedia
Wild Man Fischer – Mark’s Record Reviews
Wild Man Fischer Discography – Annie Sattler/Indiana.edu
Wild Man Fischer – An Evening With Wild Man Fischer – The Unheard Music
