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In 1992, after he stopped wearing clothes to his UC Berkeley classes, Andrew Martinez was something of a walking only-in-Berserkeley joke as the campus' own Naked Guy. But his life was no laughing matter. Around 1997, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. In 2003, he was arrested for assaulting a staff member at a halfway house where he was a resident. He spent the next 21/2 years in Santa Clara County jail, its acute psychiatric unit, Napa and Atascadero state hospitals - until at age 33, he killed himself by suffocating himself with a plastic bag in a jail cell on...

Santa Clara County agrees to pay $1 million in lawsuit over Naked Guy's suicide To many, Luis Andrew Martinez was simply the Naked Guy — a Berkeley fixture who gained national notoriety in the 1990s for refusing to wear clothes. About 10 years later, on May 18, 2006, isolated and alone in a Santa Clara County Jail cell, Martinez — a diagnosed schizophrenic — tied a plastic bag around his head and killed himself. Today — on the third anniversary of his death — lawyers for his family plan to announce a $1 million settlement reached with Santa Clara County,...

Memorial for UC Berkeley's 'Naked Guy' Monday, November 13, 2006 A memorial was held in Cupertino on Sunday for Andrew Martinez, whose naked jaunts through the UC Berkeley campus earned him the nickname "the Naked Guy" and national fame before he committed suicide May 18 in a Santa Clara Jail cell at age 33. Here, attendees watch a 20-minute video of Martinez made by his girlfriend, Micaela O'Herliha of Milwaukee.

Champion of nudity found dead in jail cell 'Naked Guy' won fame in Berkeley, challenged values Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, May 21, 2006 Printable Version Email This Article The Naked Guy, whose au naturel jaunts through Berkeley spurred a nudity revolt in the early 1990s and earned him national fame, died in a San Jose jail cell, apparently of suicide. ...After his days as the Naked Guy, Martinez spent the next decade bouncing among halfway houses, psychiatric institutions, occasional homelessness and jail. ...In typical Berkeley fashion, Martinez's nudity soon hatched a political movement. In September 1992, Martinez organized...

Andrew Martinez, the South Bay man who gained national notoriety as the ``Naked Guy'' when he insisted on walking around nude in Berkeley in the early 1990s, has died, the apparent victim of suicide. Martinez, 33, died early Thursday after he was discovered unconscious in his cell at the Santa Clara County main jail. He was found lying under the covers on his cell bunk, with a plastic bag tied around his head, said jail spokesman Mark Cursi. He was pronounced dead about an hour later at Valley Medical Center. Martinez, who had been in custody since Jan. 10, was...

A 23-year-old Oakley man who police say frequently exposed himself to people on a popular hiking trail has been jailed after an officer videotaped him. In April, people who walk along a stretch of Marsh Creek Regional Trail near the intersection of Main Street and Laurel Road began calling police about a man standing in the window of a nearby house, masturbating as they passed. After a bit of detective work, police arrested a suspect, said Oakley Police Chief Chris Thorsen. Officers booked the man into County Jail in Martinez on Thursday on suspicion of indecent exposure, a misdemeanor. "For...

Police Dog Bites Nude Man in the Genitals 1 hour, 21 minutes ago Strange News - AP MINNEAPOLIS - A naked man was bit in the genitals by a police dog while being arrested for running nude and entering homes in a Minneapolis neighborhood. The man was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries. According to police reports, a police canine unit found the nude suspect shortly after noon Tuesday in a house on the 5400 block of Park Avenue South. While the officer was ordering the suspect out of the house, the suspect began hitting him, police...

British streaker Mark Roberts jumps over the net of central court, during the final of the French Open at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, June 8, 2003. Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain defeated Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands to win the title, 6-1 6-3 6-2. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer A streaker and a security officer jump over the net as Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero faces The Netherlands' Martin Verkerk in their men's final for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris Sunday June 8, 2003. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)