Brian Doherty, a journalist, historian of the libertarian movement and longtime senior editor at Reason magazine, died after an apparent fall near the San Francisco Bay, colleagues said. He was 57.
Doherty was found dead Friday morning at Battery Yates, a historic military site in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near Sausalito, according to Reason.
The fall is believed to have occurred Thursday evening after he attended an art gathering atop the former coastal defense battery overlooking the bay, the magazine reported…