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Meredith Curly Hunter Jr. (October 24, 1951 – December 6, 1969) was an American man who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert.During the performance by the Rolling Stones, Hunter approached the stage, and was driven off by members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who were providing security and had agreed to prevent members of the audience from mounting the stage.
The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture rock concert in the United States, held on Saturday, December 6, 1969, at the Altamont Speedway outside of Tracy, California.
Along with fellow Hells Angels members Sergey Walton, Donald Duane "Whitey" Smith, and "Oakland" Gary Popkin, Barger was charged with the May 21, 1972 murder of Servio Winston Agero — a drug dealer from McAllen, Texas, who had traveled to Oakland with a consignment of narcotics for sale – which allegedly occurred following a dispute over an ...
From Altamont to riding with Hunter S. Thompson, Sonny Barger was the face of the Hells Angels. ... but Barger formed the Oakland chapter in April 1957. He became the club’s national president ...
Sonny Barger, a founding member of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels who became the face of the motorcycle club, has died at the age of 83.In a Facebook post Wednesday evening, Barger ...
Sonny Barger, the leather-clad fixture of 1960s counterculture and figurehead of the Hells Angels motorcycle club who was at the notorious Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway, has died.
Oakland Hells Angels members Sonny Barger, Sergey Walton, Donald Duane "Whitey" Smith and "Oakland" Gary Benjamin Popkin were charged with the May 21, 1972, murder of Servio Winston Agero – a drug trafficker from McAllen, Texas, who had travelled to Oakland with a consignment of narcotics for sale – which allegedly occurred following a ...
The famed biker had been battling cancer