Michael Lang
Woodstock co-organizer dies at the age of 77
Michael Lang helped organize the legendary Woodstock Festival.
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Michael Lang was one of the organizers of the legendary Woodstock Festival. He has now died at the age of 77.
Woodstock is arguably the most legendary festival that has ever taken place. Michael Lang (1944-2022), co-organizer of the event, has now died in a New York hospital at the age of 77. This is what the industry magazine “The Hollywood Reporter” reports and appeal to a spokesman for the deceased. Lang died of complications related to cancer. He left a wife and five children.
Anniversary had to be canceled
The open air festival, which featured artists and bands such as Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), Janis Joplin (1943-1970), Joe Cocker (1944-2014), Jefferson Airplane and Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969, is considered one the musical highlights of the hippie movement.
Most recently, Lang helped, among other things, with the planning of “Woodstock 50”. Another festival was to be held in summer 2019 for the anniversary, but it had to be canceled shortly before the planned date. “We are sad that a series of unforeseen setbacks made it impossible for us to get the festival we envisioned going with the great cast we booked and the social engagement we expected put “, Lang had explained in a statement at the time. Stars old and new were originally supposed to perform, including Miley Cyrus, 29 and Jay-Z, 52.