Lonnie Frisbee is a name mostly lost to history, but he could be one of the most influential persons in the modern evangelical movement. There's no doubt that he is the man who put the "freak" in "Jesus Freak." And in his life we see some of the best and worst of evangelicalism. And in the way evangelical leaders dealt with him we see a pattern of cover-up that extends even to today.. The sexual assault part was corroborated by Lonnie's own writing and the interview his former wife, Connie, gave following the release of 'Jesus Revolution.' Lonnie was raped by his male babysitter from when he was six to eight years old.
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Note: the following excerpt is from a 7-25-05 interview between Connie (Bremer-Murray) Connie and Lonnie and Mark Ellis following the release of David Di Sabatino's documentary, Frisbee:The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher I'm 57. I responded pretty good (to the documentary). The guy has gotten it pretty close. All in all, it's very accurate. We separated in 1973. I actually filed for.. The Death and Legacy of Lonnie Frisbee In 1987, Frisbee was diagnosed with AIDS, which was widely stigmatized at the time as a gay disease. He suffered from various complications associated with the disease, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, and a brain tumor. He died on March 12, 1993 at the age of 43.