Richie Havens, the New York City folk singer thrust by circumstance onto center stage as the opening act of Woodstock, the legendary 1969 music festival, has died. He was 72. He died yesterday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey,
NEW YORK â€" Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday at age 72. Havens died of a heart attack in New Jersey, his family said in a statement. He was born in Brooklyn. Havens was known for his
NEW YORK â€" Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday at age 72. Havens died of a heart attack in New Jersey, his family said in a statement.
Richie Havens performs at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, August 2, 2008.REUTERS. Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died at 72. Havens' agent confirmed the news of his death to FOX 411,
Richie Havens, who marshaled a craggy voice, a percussive guitar and a soulful sensibility to play his way into musical immortality at Woodstock in 1969, improvising the song “Freedom†on the fly, died on Monday at his home in Jersey City. He was 72.
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