But the patrol has no hesitation about moving in on last-minute situations caused by anti-war demonstrators. I rode while I was cutting hair and coming clean you know, I tried all that straight shit, and it wasnt me. March 1 (UPI) -- A person dressed as the "Ghostface" killer from the "Scream" franchise prompted multiple 911 calls in California, but police said the person was hired to promote the latest installment in the franchise. Alan Passaro died in 1985 after drowning in the Anderson Reservoir in Santa Clara County. His conversation did not sound disoriented. What did Cox mean by agreeing with everything he said? The D.A. He kept getting in trouble with the law. And that made it personalYou know what? Public Member Photos & Scanned Documents. On Saturday December 6, 1969, a free concert was held at Californias Altamont Speedway. The Hells Angels biker gang had been hired by the Rolling Stones to work security at the concert. 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. A man must not show feelings. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. He told how he saw Hunter standing on a box and blocking the view (theyre getting so pushy). Ive played a lot of evil, ball-breaking women. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Immediately after the trial, Passaro was returned to jail. When Jensens office leaned on the Maysles Brothers in New York to get the name of the cameraman who caught the killing, nobody seemed to know which one it was. The Mandalorian Season Three Gets Off to a Disappointing Start The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. Without the movie there would have been an acquittal within five minutes. As Walker said: The film was the strongest part of the prosecution case., Perhaps there was a conscious or unconscious lassitude toward the investigation on the part of the police authorities. See BTS Jung Kook Debut New Single Dreamers at FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony, Drake & 21 Savage, Selena Gomez and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week, Christian Leave Asks Why Not? on Bedroom Pop Singers New Single, Jason Derulo Pens First Book 'Sing Your Name Out Loud', Wizkid More Love, Less Ego Tour Postponed to Fall 2023, A Year After Brain Injury, Amy Grant Sets First Solo Musical Return in a Decade, Blink-182 Postpone First-Ever Latin America Tour Dates Following Travis Barker Finger Injury, Raye Relives Her Sexual Assault in Harrowing 'Ice Cream Man' Video, How to Watch 'The Mandalorian' Online: Stream Season 3 Now, Alex MurdaughCalled 'Family Annihilator' by Prosecution in Murder Trial. Jagger comes sweeping in, surveys the unruly scene. 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. 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. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. And there in the room, six feet from the jury, was John Burke, the meticulous deputy D.A., with a pleasant, almost childlike smile, who certainly doesnt look as though he would want to have a man gassed to death. They used the club for publicity for this movie of theirs. They had hit people with pool queues. He died on March 29, 1985 in Morgan Hill, California, USA. In 1980, Passaro was sentenced to two years in prison on an unrelated weapons charge and federal racketeering charges brought against a group of Hells Angels, authorities said. I know some of them hit people. This browser does not support getting your location. Rolling Stone digs a little deeper into the events that led to the acquittal of 21-year-old Hell's Angel Alan Passaro. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. After the verdict he exclaimed, I didnt think I had a chance! Walker referred to his trial work as what a painter does. The mural he painted for the jury showed a righteous Angel sticking to an assignment, loyal to his bike brothers, and feeling his life was in danger from a man seven inches taller than he, a man probably high on speed, paranoid, waving a gun, maybe even shooting it, and causing some people to believe he might want to assassinate Mick Jagger. I cant tell you why. (Alan Passaro described the jurors as the people, the citizens, the straights, the squares. He said: They didnt try me as a Hells Angel. Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger. (Shit, he said, when they picked me up on this weed they made a deal: I cop out and they give me six months in the country jail. One of the objects shown to the jury was a 22-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver with a six-inch barrel. He asked Bryant: If you smoked a couple of numbers would you know what that meant? 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. Drag images here or select from your computer for Alan David Passaro memorial. Later, a fan was stabbed to death by a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club 8 Dec 1969. But the brotherhood and its mystique sprawling between all of the establishments and the mediaeval rigidity of the old German duelling fraternities pulled more strongly. They helped us with money for the lawyer. He had had some experience with British Angels at a Stones concert in Hyde Park. Meredith had shot a Hells Angel. There was an error deleting this problem. The jurors knew him well, watching him from a distance of 15 feet for nearly four weeks, passing within 18 inches of him two or three times a day. He said: Im writing a book about how we got to white culture groups like the blacks and browns have to hassle out problems with the institution. Police investigated Angels pads throughout the state. Donovan said they talked to 1100 persons and showed them photographs of possible suspects. . They just kicked back and didnt do shit. They jury agreed with the defence that hed acted in self-defence. Carter, testifying, said it was Sam Cutler, the Stones road manager, who hired the Angels to guard his artists. Jagger was singing Under My Thumb when the Hells Angels bravely moved quickly toward the gunman. Person hired to promote new 'Scream' movie prompts 911 calls. I do care for a lot of the people because they are down to earth. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. And you know what? And there was gleaming Meredith Hunter in his lovely green suit, so photogenically high on a speaker box, so close to the stage. I read a lot in here, he said. His was a very dramatic and active part of the picture., (Passaro expressed surprise that Belli had teamed up with him. On my first beef as a adult. 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. . Let them take care of their own. And the Hells Angels were in fact hired for security duties; to guard the stage and keep the peace for the duration of the festival. The young people heading for Altamont on December 5th and 6th, 1969, did not exist. [1] Claiming self-defense, he was acquitted of the . Or was it the big gun that riled them? It takes premeditation in a killing to get a man into the gas chamber: if youre stoned, how can you tell if somebody is premeditating? a scene at a helipad on a pier on San Francisco Bay. May 11, 2022 . He didnt pinpoint any suspects for 47 days. The trouble is its a problem for us either way. Decided Aug. 4, 1980 Victor D. Vertner, San Jose, Cal., for defendant-appellant. In Hyde Park everybody had a good time, and there was no trouble. The prosecutor wanted to know if he saw Hunter stabbed. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Thats the difference.. Edit Search New Search Jump to Filters. Birth: During his testimony, Passaro said he had acted in what he believed to be self-defense. March 1 (UPI) -- A North Carolina woman found out she had won a $1 million Powerball prize just hours before celebrating her 58th birthday. In a book that became to be known as 'The People of the Abyss' London described the time when he lived in the Whitechapel district sleeping in workhouses, so-called doss-houses and even on the streets. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. 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. 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. As John Burke said: The movie was the whole thing. Since he was so scared of Hunter, and his avowed purpose was to get the gun, did he use the knife on Hunter to get the gun? Try again later. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. The bike had caught fire. I didnt go there to fight. Did that alter the trials outcome? Nobody asked him if the siren on his patrol car was busted. Donald B. Ayer, Asst. Name: Alan David Passaro. Sergeant Donovan told the jury: When I received a copy of the Stones newspaper I read it over and over again.. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Rolling Stones Recorded a New Song With Paul McCartney And you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Passaro testified that he had stabbed at Hunter, but said he wasnt sure if his six-inch knife blade had penetrated the Berkeley youths body. He was found dead floating in the Anderson Reservoir with $10,000 in his pocket in 1985. . 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. But Meredith Hunter was packing a double-barrelled gun. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. (Its enough to drive a man to read a psychoanalyst. March 1 (UPI) -- Police in Maine said the last of the three bison to escape in Aroostook County was safely rounded up with help from the animals' owner. KnowledgeNuts.com would like to show you notifications for our latest post and updates. Right, film people, lets do something! Jagger proclaims. This account has been disabled. (You know in November Im going to go before the Adult Authority for them to set my sentence and theyre going to stick all kinds of shit on my jacket [prison file] racist, Nazi-affiliated, and all. Edit your search or learn more. He was close to the stage when we stopped him. Try again later. Trump Melts Down Over Murdoch Admitting Fox Lied About Election Fraud. It is interesting, therefore, to reflect on a statement made in a corridor of the courthouse by one of the defense witnesses, Richard Roy Carter, a used-car-lot operator who leased the Altamont racetrack. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Hunter was black. Is it a coincidence that Alan Passaro, as he heard the verdict read and yelled YEOWWWW! There were some sensitive verbal exchanges, too. Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purposeto let someone know "I'm here. Burks explained: I didnt say anything. A brat. It might be said that they overdid their proving because the superstar they were hired to defend had raised a great turmoil of ambivalent vibrations in the crowd. A MediaComms.IO company. 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. 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. After 17 days of testimony, 22-year-old Alan Passaro found not guilty in the stabbing death of 18-year-old Meredith Hunter. That was a trip. It was just a flesh wound anyway.. Everybodys having a good, good time. He was found dead floating in the Anderson Reservoir with $10,000 in his pocket in 1985. First-aid stations ringed the field, litter-bearers abounded, a field hospital was set up nearby, and a special force of 300 policemen and 40 California Highway patrolmen were maneuvered to keep the peace through command posts from radio-equipped helicopters. And she didnt care if she bled to death. Search above to list available cemeteries. Hells Angel Alan Passaro intercepted Hunters lethal charge, stabbing the teenager five times and then viciously beating him. It seems that Cox had said quite a few things to Burks that didnt fit into the scenario made by his courtroom testimony. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. I think he has a cause of action, the noted compensation lawyer said. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? For me and my people. He gets three hundred dollars and Im in here for fucking eight and a half. Some of his colleagues thought that would help him figuring that Angels are neither for law nor order. Trivia (2) Passaro was caught on film stabbing Meredith Hunter and put on trial for murder. They met in an art class. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. By the time the Stones came on everybody was wired up. He plants a kiss on her forehead and steps away. Alan Passaro, 21, was the Angel arrested and charged with murder. Burke: Why did you strike at Hunter with a knife?. He said he saw an Angel grab the side of his head and shake him: and that when Hunter shook loose, the Angel hit him and threw him into the crowd. He said he saw Hunter try to get to his feet, and he saw Hunters girl friend, Patricia Bredehoft, run over and try to get between him and some Angels, and that she shouted to him not to use his revolver. But, she said, I guess he wanted somebody to ride with. And she expressed some warm sentiments about their Angel friends; those who those spoke with her during the trial were almost courtly in their manners toward her, as though being terribly nice to her could help Alan. Lt. Darold Thomas, head of the sheriff's detective unit, said Tuesday, 'The death is kind of suspicious, but it is only a drowning at this point.'. (I read they busted some big dude from the Corrections Department on weed, he said. Still, 45 days after the homicide, lots of people, even lawyers and newspapermen, were reading what Cox told John Burks in Rolling Stone. The tall, curly-haired defense attorney walked up to within eight feet of the witness and asked him if he remembered telling John Burks that Hunter was not so stoned that he was out of his wits. Cox did remember that. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (When I get out Im going to get another chop. based on information from your browser. Hunter did a couple of numbers and he was straight like the rest of us ?, Cox: I dont really understand the question., Judge: Do you understand what the words mean?, Cox: Straight means someone with straight ideas., Judge: Have you used those words yourself?, Cox: Ive had someone ask me if Id had a number. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Wild is one way of looking back at the events of December 6, 1969. The event is best known for . Age 36 at death Zodiac Leo Alan Passaro dating history Relationships We have no records of past relationships for Alan Passaro. The chopper wont arrive until 2:00. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Passaro, a former Hells Angel, was acquitted in the death of a Berkeley teenager stabbed to death during the December 1969 rock concert. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . Celeste, was there every day, watching for the moments when Alan would turn around and give to her one of those intimate facial signals that recollect good times in bed, good meals eaten together, skiing (which he loves) and the hours of delicious whispering and joking and telling of secrets. Woman learns of $1M Powerball prize hours before her birthday. He is currently serving a two-to-10-year sentence for possession of marijuana. This tentative young man in his light-opera costume was very embarrassed by the contradictions. He made himself comfortable in the witness chair, letting his well-muscled legs fall wide apart. Belli alleged that the Maysles Brothers, who made the film, had offered Passaro $10,000, but the 22-year-old Angel had said no. And theyre going to hang me up on a silent murder beef. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Oops, we were unable to send the email. 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. Record information. Record information. Edit Search New Search Filters (1) To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Locationeven a guess will help. At Altamont, Sheriff Madigan explained, Mel Belli and the promoter said they were hiring 300 private patrol. Translation: Let them take care of their own. The plunder of the dead festival has not ceased. A number of prospective black jurors were excused by Judge Hayes because they admitted they could be prejudiced in favor of the gas chamber. Standing on a box and blocking the view ( theyre getting so ). Coincidence that Alan Passaro found not guilty in the Anderson Reservoir in Santa Clara.. Their own particular, what is going on not be visible while Under review Angels! 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