Meredith Hunter

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Meredith Hunter was an 18-year-old concertgoer whose killing by a Hells Angels member during The Rolling Stones’ 1969 Altamont Free Concert became a notorious symbol of the dark turn of the 1960s counterculture.

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Meredith Hunter canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concertgoer
human
ageAtDeath 18
associatedWith Altamont Free Concert
The Rolling Stones
causeOfDeath stabbing
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1951
dateOfDeath 1969-12-06
depictedIn Gimme Shelter (1970 film)
linked to: Gimme Shelter
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
eventDate 1969-12-06
eventLocation Altamont Speedway, California
linked to: Altamont Speedway
familyName Hunter
givenName Meredith
hasContext 1960s counterculture in the United States
rock music history
hasOccupation student
killedAt Altamont Free Concert
killedBy Hells Angels member
killedByOrganization Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
linked to: Hells Angels
killedDuring The Rolling Stones concert at Altamont
knownFor being killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert
legacy cautionary tale in rock festival history
example of concert security failures
mannerOfDeath homicide
name Meredith Hunter
notableEvent killing at Altamont Free Concert
placeOfDeath Altamont Speedway
sexOrGender male
subjectOf books about the 1960s counterculture
news coverage of Altamont Free Concert
symbolOf dark turn of the 1960s counterculture
end of the 1960s idealism
yearOfEvent 1969

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Altamont Free Concert fatalitiesIncluded Meredith Hunter
"Hells Angels were paid in beer" associatedWithDeathOf Meredith Hunter
subject linked to: Hells Angels were paid in beer
Meredith Hunter name Meredith Hunter