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- Mary Morello, anti-censorship activist, died on July 12, 2026, at age 102.
- She founded Parents for Rock and Rap in 1987 to oppose music censorship.
- Morello won the 1996 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award after opposing the 1991 Pornography Compensation Act.
- Her son, Tom Morello (musician), announced her death on Instagram, recalling a 1994 Pinkpop introduction of Rage Against the Machine.
