NEW YORK -- Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died.Michael Pagnotta, a spokesperson for Lang’s family, said Sunday the 77-year-old had been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and passed away Saturday at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.“He was absolutely an historic figure, and also a great guy," Pagnotta, who said he had known Lang for about 30 years, told The Associated Press. "Both of those thing go hand in hand."Along with partners Artie Kornfeld, John Roberts and Joel Rosenman, Lang put together the festival billed as “three days of peace and music” in the summer of 1969 as the Vietnam War raged and led increasing numbers of disaffected young Americans to turn away from traditional mores and embrace a lifestyle that celebrated freedom of expression.Roughly 400,000 people descended on the hamlet of Bethel, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of New York City and endured miles-long traffic jams, torrential rains, food shortages and overwhelmed sanitary facilities.
Joan Didion Dead - Cherished Author Dies at 87
23.12.2021 - 20:29 / justjared.com
Joan Didion has sadly died.
The beloved, prolific California-born writer, known for works like essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Play It as It Lays and the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking, passed away on Thursday (December 23) at her home in Manhattan, via the New York Times.
The cause of death was Parkinson’s disease, according to the email sent by Paul Bogaards, an executive at her publisher, Knopf.
In addition to her essays and books, she also co-wrote
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Joan Didion, Iconic Journalist, Dead at 87
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