Weve got ten minutes. He pulls some hippie chick aside and imperiously directs the cameraman (probably Albert Maysles) to go Tighter tighter tighter tighter tighter tighter on her face, adorned with a groovy beaded headband and massive square shades. 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. (AP Photo). The hand of drummer Charlie Watts is shown in foreground. In 1948, in the year that Alan Passaro was born, on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. Mr.Bryant, did you see blood, did you see a gun flash? A system error has occurred. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Thanks for your help! You can send a murderer down for years and sleep at night; but sending a man to his death requires a different mind set. From the witness chair he had to face, in the audience, two or three Angels (out of uniform) who stared at him with considerable interest. But the murder trial that grew out of it was full of exasperating, grubby Little People. A murder trial is, at best, a grossly imprecise way of arriving at justice. But they moved them people back out of the way of the bike. After Sergeant Robert Donovan of the sheriffs office read the article in Rolling Stone, he and other detectives finally located Cox by finding the telephone number where the call had been placed; and persuading people there to lead them to this guy who has said, I saw everything. Cox appeared before the county grand jury in March of 1970 and later in a lineup identified Passaro as the guy he saw stab Hunter in the back. Five months after the drowning death of Brian Jones, a music festival held near San Francisco turned murderous, smothering Aquarius and its political anthems with a handful of apocalyptic screen images, "restless youth" seemingly devouring itself. The man he pointed to looked very different from the one who had ridden his Harley Davidson down to Altamont that day. It was a Harley-Davidson. Its like a machine.. Hunter had a loud green suit on and really stuck out from the crowd. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. The scavengers pawed over the ground as once thieves had ransacked the bodies of the soldiers on the field of Waterloo. Try again later. He asked Bryant, Were you under the influence of any drug or narcotic when you shot that film?. Two dogs rescued after falling through ice on Colorado lake. He testified he might even be as tall as 5 10, but at Soledad he was measured as 5 6. I tried to shake the gun loose. He said he struck at Hunter twice with the knife and later was riding the black teenager, who was dead on his back. And everybody started climbing all over him and I was knocked away and I couldnt see the guy no more. And when the concert was over he helped pack up all the instruments, jumped on his bike and rode home. And wow! Theyre going to keep denying me parole for a full eight years and a half. His black hair was too neat and too thick. . And, he testified, I attempted to get his gun hand . U.S. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. English Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? (Not guiltyand not free. They helped us with money for the lawyer. Hells Angels flank the stage. He was released from prison in 1984, and the following year Passaro was found dead wearing a suit and floating in the Anderson Reservoir with $10,000 in his pocket. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Did the breathing presence of Hunters white girlfriend Patty Bredahoffantagonise the Angels? Meredith had shot a Hells Angel. Walker stood up and asked him why he had taken off the windbreaker jacket hed been wearing. (At Altamont, he said, People were loaded and fell out. ). Sergeant Donovan even gave up his Thanksgiving holiday so he could go out to Coxs home and catch him with a subpoena. Another Harley. The prosecutor wanted to know if he saw Hunter stabbed. Alan Passaro, 21, was the Angel arrested and charged with murder. We have set your language to Polish basketball player breaks slam dunk world record. The story was the focus of the 1970 film, "Gimme Shelter," and is also the focus of an urban legend that states that the song, 'Sympathy For The Devil,' was playing during the murder, but it was 'Under My Thumb,' that was playing. He laced his thin hands together continually and worried his knees together and glanced fearfully at nothing else but his own confused memories of that day. The D.A. Three hundred dollars. Celeste said that when they first met he told her he really would like to be a lawyer, and not to follow the career of his father, Michael, who was born in Italy and has a barber shop in San Jose. Belli said he had filed the suit on behalf of Passaro and expected to win a substantial amount in damages for using Passaro as a movie star without his consent. Donovan said they talked to 1100 persons and showed them photographs of possible suspects. Other witnesses thought they saw a flash near the end of Hunters hand; indeed, the movie showed a strange glint there and nobody was sure what caused it. For one thing, the motorcycle was laying on its side May be we had to have a little talk with the guy that knocked it down.. All of a sudden, someone down in front, where this one bike, right directly in front, was, is yelling. Yes I have a dark side, doesnt everyone? As the day went on, the crowd, which numbered some 300,000, descended into a madness fueled by drugs and alcohol. Birth: Alan David Passaro (August 23, 1948 - March 29, 1985) was a Hells Angels member known for the December 6, 1969, stabbing of Meredith Hunter to death at the Altamont Free Concert during The Rolling Stones' set, as seen in the 1970 documentary film Gimme Shelter. KnowledgeNuts.com would like to show you notifications for our latest post and updates. (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. Sergeant Donovan testified that 12 days after the killing he had only one eyewitness (Cox). Celebs Wiki Kiss the young lady, please., Watts demurs. If he dont want to be my friend, then out of sight, dont even talk to me. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Only after I had seen the film, the witness said, was I aware of the nature of the happenings. With Dave Maysles at his side, he had been on a quest for color, swinging his lens around to pick up, now Mick Jagger, now and then a naked man, or the hips or breasts or big-eyed glory of a stoned girl, or the very colorful Angels as they stood so intransigently planted on the edges of the stage, their Deaths Head jackets to camera. I do care for a lot of the people because they are down to earth. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Walker brought out not only inconsistency but evasiveness when he interrogated Cox about the semantics of the marijuana subculture. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. 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. (Rehabilitation for what? A group of bikers attempted to land a boat outside the singers Hamptons, Long Island holiday estate, where they planned to enter from the rear to bypass the security at the entrance of the mansion. When he looked at Cox, his eyelids drooped a trifle. I dont know what hes using me for, but I never met the man, he said. And you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Other witnesses testified that Hunter had harassed members of the Angels who had been hired to guard the stage and had allegedly drawn a gun after being shoved around by several Angels. Alan Passaro died in 1985 after drowning in the Anderson Reservoir in Santa Clara County His death was labeled suspicious, but has gone unprosecuted In 2008, . OK, he says sheepishly, straight to camera, we cut.. Little Richards Ugly Exploitation by the Music Industry Is Laid Bare Alan Passaro was born on August 23, 1948 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA. Even the gun of Meredith Hunter was lost on the field of Altamont: as he lay dying on his stomach, somebody stole it. Even when he fell in love - and that was frequently - he was never submerged by disappointment. Utter balls, of course. Passaro, himself, was pessimistic. In 2008, FBI agent Mark Young revealed that the Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger in the aftermath of the incident, angered when Jagger went on the record as saying hed never again hire the Angels to provide security. Failed to remove flower. I went there to have a good time and sit on the stage. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. and says with amused disbelief to no one in particular, What is going on? He gets the lay of the land from a chuckling and ultra-mellow Jerry Garcia, attired in an outtasite lavender wool poncho, and chats warmly with Ian Stewart. I didnt go there to fight. - Douglas Percy Bliss on his friend Eric Ravilious from their time at the Royal College of Art Eric Ravilious loved. 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. The young people heading for Altamont on December 5th and 6th, 1969, did not exist. I think it illustrates the difference between the two countries. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. On the day before the verdict, while the injury was deliberating, Celeste asked him, Where did you sleep last night, Alan? He gave her a really affectionate smile and said, at the Hilton.. But had he been drinking? The victim died after being beaten severely during an interrogation by David Passaro, who was once . Try again. Carter, testifying, said it was Sam Cutler, the Stones road manager, who hired the Angels to guard his artists. 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. Contribute Who is Alan Passaro dating? His wife, Celeste, had recalled: Alan, when we first met, hated to have me take his arm. Look, I aint no cop. Self - Hell's Angel Who Stabs Meredith Hunter. Fans frolic at the infamous Gimme Shelter rock concert featuring the Rolling Stones at the Altamont Race Track in Livermore, California on December 8, 1969. Alan Passaro responded in an easy baritone to his lawyers questions. Ruby Design Company. [1] Claiming self-defense, he was acquitted of the . SAN FRANCISCO, October 7, 1961 The Rev. . You can also support us by signing up to our Mailing List. Mick Jagger, center, dances on stage causing audience members to raise their arms and hands during rock concert at the Altamont Speedway near Livermore, Calif., Dec. 9, 1969. Foxiz News Network. I mean, maybe the Stones are all right, but they used us. Birthday: August 23, 1948 Date of Death: March 29, 1985 Age at Death: 36. They were unarmed innocents. Person hired to promote new 'Scream' movie prompts 911 calls. Trivia (2) Passaro was caught on film stabbing Meredith Hunter and put on trial for murder. Gone was his longish hair, gone was the Fu Manchu mustache, gone was the Angel uniform, gone were his colors. His black hair had been shorn to regulation length at Soledad. Following 17 days of testimony, an eight-man, four-woman jury deliberated for 12 and a half hours before Passaro was acquitted on grounds of self-defense . The event turned into a disaster when a member of the Hells Angels, who had been hired as security, stabbed a gun-toting audience member. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. . Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. And we got the fire put out. He made himself comfortable in the witness chair, letting his well-muscled legs fall wide apart. And there was gleaming Meredith Hunter in his lovely green suit, so photogenically high on a speaker box, so close to the stage. Nobodyd back up. And a lot of time there was six or seven Angels on one guy, and a lot of times there wasnt. 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. Please consider making a donation to our site. (Maybe you can beat on a cop and get away with it, but dont beat on no Hells Angel. The judge said Cox has expressed his fear and the court needs to know whether in fact the Hells Angels are a dangerous group. But he did not let the jury hear this testimony. Learn more about merges. After the verdict he exclaimed, I didnt think I had a chance! Walker referred to his trial work as what a painter does. 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