Gips, beloved "psychedelic grandmother" and host of the radio show Changes ("based on the premise that the human race has the capacity to learn compassion"), interviewed hundreds of visionaries over a 30-year span. In the 60s she was a successful businesswoman, with three jewelry stores in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. After trying LSD, she devoted her life to the counter-culture. Elizabeth was a friend and inspiration to many people whose lives she touched. She died after a long painful struggle with smoking-related illness, and was survived by only a few weeks by her beloved partner Paddy Long.