Sam Watson (political activist)

Samuel William "Sam" Watson (16 November 1952 – 27 November 2019) was an Aboriginal Australian activist and a socialist politician. He was known for his works with the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. 
In December 2009, Watson was appointed a deputy director at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland and taught two courses in Black Australian Literature. 
He was also a writer and a filmmaker. He received honours for his 1990 novel "The Kadaitcha Sung".
Watson died of a short-illness at a Brisbane hospital on 27 November 2019 at the age of 67.