There is a problem with your email/password. Of these 60 jury prospects, no more than seven were under the age of 30. The situation didnt look too promising for the defense, at the beginning: Walker certainly didnt mind getting help from jurors who might think it would be good for the country if white guys kick and stomp or even stab a few niggers. But they might have done. To use this feature, use a newer browser. The Mandalorian Season Three Gets Off to a Disappointing Start The man he pointed to looked very different from the one who had ridden his Harley Davidson down to Altamont that day. In Hyde Park everybody had a good time, and there was no trouble. It was a Harley-Davidson. If you cant be quick, be through. - Douglas Percy Bliss on his friend Eric Ravilious from their time at the Royal College of Art Eric Ravilious loved. He said he saw an Angel grab the side of his head and shake him: and that when Hunter shook loose, the Angel hit him and threw him into the crowd. He said he saw Hunter try to get to his feet, and he saw Hunters girl friend, Patricia Bredehoft, run over and try to get between him and some Angels, and that she shouted to him not to use his revolver. This time peace and love did not win out. This is a carousel with slides. Another person who was facing the epicenter of the violence that day was Cox, a skinny, frightened young man whose passion for the art of the Rolling Stones was so great he arrived at 11PM the night before and staked out a claim to the right of the stage. Walker approached them during a recess and suggested that their massive militant presence might not have a relaxing effect on the 12 law and order people in the jury box. Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger. Ruby Design Company. He said: Im writing a book about how we got to white culture groups like the blacks and browns have to hassle out problems with the institution. Rolling Stones to Release All-Star 50th Anniversary Show as Live Album. There was little indication of emotion in Passaros voice until he talked about his role in the brotherhood of the Angels. Passaro was arrested and charged but he claimed self-defense and he was later accquitted. Trivia (2) Passaro was caught on film stabbing Meredith Hunter and put on trial for murder. Like some dudes want to be lawyers and some dudes want to be barbers, I wanted to be an Angel. Person hired to promote new 'Scream' movie prompts 911 calls. Live Death Statistics Worldwide and The United States. Meredith Hunter succumbed to deadly knife wounds, inflicted on him by Alan Passaro, a member of the Hells Angels biker gang. U.S. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. In 1969, The Rolling Stones headlined a concert at the Altamont Speedway in California. Without the movie there would have been an acquittal within five minutes. As Walker said: The film was the strongest part of the prosecution case., Perhaps there was a conscious or unconscious lassitude toward the investigation on the part of the police authorities. Cox talked in tones so low they would have been inaudible without the microphone. Jagger laughs at his disobedient drummer. When that dude [Hunter] pulled out a piece and somebody says, Hes going to do Jagger and, being closest, I jump in and almost get my head blown off and get a murder beef and get my face blasted from coast to coast which I dont dig well, I figure Jagger could have said something instead of blaming it all on the Angels. March 1 (UPI) -- Officials at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium confirmed a cheetah briefly escaped from its enclosure, but was behind a public barrier at all times. All of a sudden, someone down in front, where this one bike, right directly in front, was, is yelling. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Did that alter the trials outcome? The trial began 370 days after the killing. But they moved them people back out of the way of the bike. Walker told the jury: Under the theory of self-defense, he [Passaro] could have struck all five of those blows if that was necessary to subdue that man.. (In the antiseptic reception room at Soledad, Alan David Passaro, wearing his faded blue denim prison uniform, rendered for Sam Cutler and other naive Britishers just what it is to be a Frisco Angel. And that made it personalYou know what? March 1 (UPI) -- Police in Maine said the last of the three bison to escape in Aroostook County was safely rounded up with help from the animals' owner. And, if youre honest, youll just drag up from the depths all the times youve hated or felt passionately about something and play it. Alan was 36 years old at the time of death. (Maybe you can beat on a cop and get away with it, but dont beat on no Hells Angel. The bike had caught fire. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. His initial charge was met with a beating from the bikers, who chased him back. Alan David Passaro, 24, one of Barger's soldiers and an ex-convict, was charged with Hunter's . A Hells Angel had knocked out Jefferson Airplanes Marty Balin. Trivia (2) Passaro was caught on film stabbing Meredith Hunter and put on trial for murder. BERKELEY The murder trial stemming from an incident during the Rolling Stones Altamont concert 13 months ago ended January 19th when the jury declared Hells Angel Alan Passaro not guilty in the stabbing death of 18-year old Meredith Hunter. But when all of the Big People and the 300,000 pilgrims had gone home, there was only that wasteland of tromped-on, pissed-on grass, lost beads, lost earrings, lost panties and broken bottles. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Statute book says Im out in November. The jurors saw that movie footage about twenty times during the next four weeks. Judge Hayes and Burke sneaked him into the courthouse and were most careful to arrange that nobody found out where he lived or anything else about him but his name. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Hes five now.), The jurors, after 12 1/2 hours of deliberation, rejected Burkes argument that Passaro was guilty of premeditated murder because: He goes at a man with a gun into a position of danger, and he does that when he says hes afraid., Perhaps they went along with Walkers argument that someone else stabbed Hunter. The defense strategy also worked the racial theme. Alan Passaro, 21, was the Angel arrested and charged with murder. When Walker took this case, the Las Vegas odds makers probably would have bet 100 to one against him. Not just the Stones, all of them. He said it was true what Mel Belli said, that the Maysles Brothers had offered him $10,000 for his role as a superstar in Gimme Shelter.). Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Then he was stabbed. The prosecution could round up only one witness from the multitudes near the stabbing who would testify against Passaro. This browser does not support getting your location. based on information from your browser. Some of them people were like maybe them Friday-nighters that got that front row, I dont know, but they didnt want to give up that spot even to put that fire out. . He allowed himself to lean half an inch forward and his eyes looked somewhat out of focus, as though this fidgety snitcher was not quite worth the dislike of a member of the mystic Angel brotherhood. SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 12, 1971 Attorney Mel Belli announced he had filed suit in Superior Court against the guys who released Gimme Shelter, a movie that achieved notoriety by showing a member of Hells Angels with a knife and stabbing at or into a black teenager at Altamont. hes got his big red tongue out and is licking his lips. His conversation did not sound disoriented. What did Cox mean by agreeing with everything he said? Talk about color! But Hunter had also been badly beaten about the body and head. Shit, the only dreams I have in here are of getting out., (And hes a student again: Im signed up for a course in butchery.). After the verdict he exclaimed, I didnt think I had a chance! Walker referred to his trial work as what a painter does. The mural he painted for the jury showed a righteous Angel sticking to an assignment, loyal to his bike brothers, and feeling his life was in danger from a man seven inches taller than he, a man probably high on speed, paranoid, waving a gun, maybe even shooting it, and causing some people to believe he might want to assassinate Mick Jagger. A lot of guys just hang up their paroles at the gates. The police listed five stab wounds on Hunters back of the body, nine on the head, and two on the neck. In a book that became to be known as 'The People of the Abyss' London described the time when he lived in the Whitechapel district sleeping in workhouses, so-called doss-houses and even on the streets. He asked Bryant, Were you under the influence of any drug or narcotic when you shot that film?. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Trivia (2) Passaro was caught on film stabbing Meredith Hunter and put on trial for murder. He likes his father a lot and the name of his four-year-old son is Michael Alan Passaro. Paul Cox, 18, nervously told the court that he had seen Passaro stab Hunter twice (the autopsy revealed that Hunter had been stabbed five times). Make sure that the file is a photo. They met in an art class. Sergeant Donovan even gave up his Thanksgiving holiday so he could go out to Coxs home and catch him with a subpoena. David A. Passaro, of Lillington, N.C., is shown in this undated handout family photo provided by WRAL TV in Raleigh, N.C. Passaro, a former Army ranger hired by the CIA to conduct interrogations . . The event is best known for . And if you got to go through fifty people to get to him, youre gonna get to him. He is known for Gimme Shelter(1970). Personally, I was there to sit on the stage and listen and drink this beer that we were promised. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. His wife, Celeste, had recalled: Alan, when we first met, hated to have me take his arm. Finally, the Stones come out and they start playing. Via Rolling Stone. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Even the gun of Meredith Hunter was lost on the field of Altamont: as he lay dying on his stomach, somebody stole it. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Passaro testified that he had stabbed at Hunter, but said he wasnt sure if his six-inch knife blade had penetrated the Berkeley youths body. I rode while I was cutting hair and coming clean you know, I tried all that straight shit, and it wasnt me. Looking back I dont think it was a good idea to have Hells Angels there. But had he been drinking? You ought to see it, its wild.. First-aid stations ringed the field, litter-bearers abounded, a field hospital was set up nearby, and a special force of 300 policemen and 40 California Highway patrolmen were maneuvered to keep the peace through command posts from radio-equipped helicopters. The chopper wont arrive until 2:00. We moved them people to save that bike. All Rights reserved. Self - Hell's Angel Who Stabs Meredith Hunter. Officials of the California Highway Patrol said they werent required to make a big effort in the Altamont area because the whole affair was set up at the last minute. alan david passaro drowning. The investigation of the crime and the trial demonstrated again what a great artist Franz Kafka was (that strange little man twisted up by Germanic official ness, telling how hard it is to beat city hall, what happens to us when we let our institutions mechanize us). Weve updated the security on the site. Three hundred dollars. And they knew him from his movie role. Engineers break Guinness World Record with 289-foot paper airplane flight. English Alan Passaro responded in an easy baritone to his lawyers questions. Is it a coincidence that Alan Passaro, as he heard the verdict read and yelled YEOWWWW! Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Burke, in his lowkeyed way, asked Passaro why he and a couple of other Angels left the stage. Pictures. Scientists believe they've found untapped helium reserves, Extra food support ends for millions of low-income U.S. taxpayers, Man arrested after explosive device found in his luggage at Pennsylvania airport. DONATE, Before the money moved in, Kings Cross was a place for born-and-bred locals, clubs and crime, See what really went on during that time in NYC's topless go-go bars, Chris Stein 's photographs of Debbie Harry and friends take us back to a great era of music. The Rolling Stones at The Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California on December 6, 1969. In the process, you know what, some people got hit. So the great law and order jury in the courtroom in Oakland studied this man from Soledad as he sat at a table with his attorney, George Walker, and watched them take their 12 judgment seats. Meredith had shot a Hells Angel. . (Afterward, Alan Passaro said of Cox: That dude was no pro. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Despite the size of the crowd and the ardor of it, there were no casualties, save for the customary cases of fainting women and bruised toes. They used the club for publicity for this movie of theirs. Then he orders Charlie, poor, long-suffering Charlie, Do the same thing as I did. The jurors knew him well, watching him from a distance of 15 feet for nearly four weeks, passing within 18 inches of him two or three times a day. Alan David Passaro, 24, one of Barger's soldiers and an ex-convict, was charged with Hunter's . Birthday: August 23, 1948 Date of Death: March 29, 1985 Age at Death: 36. Now I aint saying anything about no Angel hit anybody. No. Police investigated Angels pads throughout the state. On December 6 1969 Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by a Hell's Angel at The Rolling Stones Altamont Free Concert Meredith Hunter in 1969, wearing the same lime-green suit he would wear to Altamont. The ambiguity of his sex, the spectacle of raper and victim in one body, threw the witnesses into convulsions of excitement., Mick Jagger stops performing at the Altamont Rock Festival at Livermore, California, Dec. 6, 1970, while Hells Angels cross stage during melee to help fellow motorcyclists. I think it illustrates the difference between the two countries. (By weight lifting he had got his weight up to 186 pounds, a gain of 34 pounds since Altamont.) Passaro was arrested and charged but he claimed self-defense and he was later accquitted. Thats the way it looked from the D.A.s table. So I told them to back up so we can get this fire out. The newspaper reporters identified Passaro as a Hells Angel. It would have been as accurate to identify him as a husband, a father or a barber. He was all these. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. The eight-man, four-woman jury deliberated 12 1/2 hours following 17 days of testimony. Carter said that eight helmeted sheriffs deputies got through to the murder scene that evening, took one look around, looked at Hunter and saw he was indeed dead, and hightailed it out of that agglutinated mass of longhairs, naked freak-outs, beaten-up kids, Angels, and bum-tripped people in all kinds of costumes that clean-cut kids wouldnt be caught dead in. By the time the Stones came on everybody was wired up. As soon as Burke got through with this reluctant witness, George Walker zoomed in to develop one of his favorite themes: That everybody around the Altamont stage had been so stoned nobody would know who was stabbing whom. Record information. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). He was a notorious member of the Hells Angels biker gang. During a performance by The Rolling Stones, Meredith Hunter, 18, was stabbed and beaten to death in front of the stage by Alan David Passaro, a member of the Hells Angels (the motorcycle club was . For great art and culture delivered to your door, visit our shop. The legendary motorcycle group Hells Angels fight with pool cues during the Altamont Free Concert by John Springer Collection via Getty Images. And wow! Motorcycles crowd the field at the infamous Gimme Shelter rock concert featuring the Rolling Stones. But there aint nobody gonna take anything I got and try to destroy it. (He said he had to sell his bike to help pay Walkers legal fee. Alan Passaro girlfriend, wife list. Here was George Walker zero-ing in on Cox with questions about what he had told John Burks of Rolling Stone. He was afraid it would make him look like a sissy.. 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