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==Background== Boaz was born on August 29, 1953, in [[Mayfield, Kentucky]].<ref name = Langer>{{Cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |title=David Boaz, leading voice of libertarianism, dies at 70 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/07/david-boaz-libertarian-cato-dead/ |access-date=June 8, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date = June 7, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> His father was a judge, and one of his uncles, through marriage, was [[Frank Stubblefield]], who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref name = Roberts>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/us/politics/david-boaz-dead.html|title = David Boaz, a Leading Voice of Libertarianism, Dies at 70|last = Roberts|first = Sam|authorlink = Sam Roberts (journalist)|date = June 11, 2024|accessdate = June 11, 2024|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> Boaz studied history at [[Vanderbilt University]] from 1971 to 1975, and as a young man was involved with the [[Young Americans for Freedom]] and the [[College Republicans]].<ref name = Roberts/><ref name=RIP>Doherty, Brian [https://reason.com/2024/06/07/david-boaz-rip/ David Boaz, RIP], ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]''.com. Retrieved June 11, 2024.</ref>
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