"Heroin" is a song by the Velvet Underground, released on their 1967 debut album, "The Velvet Underground & Nico".
 Written by Lou Reed in 1964, the song, which overtly depicts heroin use and abuse, is one of the band's most celebrated compositions.
 Critic Mark Deming writes, "While 'Heroin' hardly endorses drug use, it doesn't clearly condemn it, either, which made it all the more troubling in the eyes of many listeners".
Sammy thrashLife (born Sam North) is an American painter and writer, best known for his art and blog, chronicling his experiences with borderline personality disorder, his history with heroin addiction and recovery, and his involvement in the American punk rock scene.
Patrick Karel Kroupa (also known as Lord Digital, born January 20, 1969) is an American writer, hacker and activist.
 Kroupa was a member of the legendary Legion of Doom and Cult of the Dead Cow hacker groups and co-founded MindVox in 1991, with Bruce Fancher.
 He was a heroin addict from age 14 to 30 and got clean through the use of the hallucinogenic drug ibogaine.
Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter.
 He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, and his solo career spanned five decades.
 The Velvet Underground had little success during their active years, but later gained a significant cult following to become one of the most widely acclaimed and influential bands in rock history.
 Brian Eno famously stated that, while the Velvet Underground's debut album sold only 30,000 copies, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band".
Kevin Williamson (born 1961) is a writer, publisher, and activist originally from Caithness.
 He is a Scottish socialist and republican and was an activist for the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP).
 He was also the architect of their radical drug policy, which included the legalisation of cannabis and the provision under the National Health Service of free synthetic heroin to addicts under medical supervision to combat the problems of drugs in working class communities.
 He wrote a regular weekly column, "Rebel Ink", for the Scottish Socialist Voice.
Michael Antranig Goorjian born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an Armenian-American actor, filmmaker, and writer.
 He is also known for his role as Justin, Neve Campbell’s love interest on the Golden Globe-winning series "Party of Five" (1994 – 2000), as well as Heroin Bob in the film "SLC Punk!
" and its sequel, "Punk's Dead".
 As a director, Michael achieved recognition for his first major independent film, "Illusion", which he wrote, directed and starred in alongside Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.

Question: When was the writer of "Heroin" born? 
Answer: March 2, 1942