What the records say
- When
- 1969
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 37.74° N, 121.56° W
- Description
- murder in Altamont, California, on December 6, 1969
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
Killing of Meredith Hunter
Stabbing death at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert
Meredith Hunter, a young black man, was stabbed and killed at the Altamont Free Concert in California, on December 6, 1969, by Alan Passaro, a member of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang. The show, the final concert of The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969, was jointly arranged by the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead, with the biker gang providing security.
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