Family members linked to this person will appear here. the murder indictment. (A word to the wise: never cop to nothing.). The Hells Angels biker gang had been hired by the Rolling Stones to work security at the concert. The Grateful Dead are there, cavorting in zonked-out hippie fashion, waiting for an overdue helicopter. SAN FRANCISCO, October 7, 1961 The Rev. Related He was a notorious member of the Hells Angels biker gang. Did that alter the trials outcome? This time peace and love did not win out. But they might have done. Self - Hell's Angel Who Stabs Meredith Hunter. Here was George Walker zero-ing in on Cox with questions about what he had told John Burks of Rolling Stone. Walker brought out not only inconsistency but evasiveness when he interrogated Cox about the semantics of the marijuana subculture. Advertisement Passaro, a former Hells. And it was evident, as the month-long trial went on, that he had succeeded as a husband. Some other Angels caught what was happening and came off the stage, and when they did, people started backing up. Passaro was arrested and charged but he claimed self-defense and he was later accquitted. They jury agreed with the defence that hed acted in self-defence. They just kicked back and didnt do shit. His father likes him and, Celeste said, promised to deed to him a hotel he owns in Italy if the jury got him off the murder rap. 1980) Annotate this Case U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - 624 F.2d 938 (9th Cir. One audience member intent on joining The Rolling Stones was 18-year-old Meredith Hunter, who was jacked up on methamphetamine. Alan Passaro was not guilty. For, on the tenth floor of the courthouse, in the jail, facing reporters, he declared: I am more glad for my mother than for myself. A jailer gave him a cigar, and as he leaned back to light it, his mother, Katherine, in his mind, was more glad than he was! And any juror, watching Alan Passaro, could see, just by the way he walked in and sat down, and the way he flicked his arm away from the bailiff, that his body was away ahead of most of the ideas he might have. Sergeant Donovan told the jury: When I received a copy of the Stones newspaper I read it over and over again.. Shit, the only dreams I have in here are of getting out., (And hes a student again: Im signed up for a course in butchery.). He is currently serving a two-to-10-year sentence for possession of marijuana. All Pictures results for Alan David Passaro. This story is from the February 18th, 1971 issue of Rolling Stone. When I was in the hole I read The Trial. How could any clean-living man or woman believe a person like that. Polish basketball player breaks slam dunk world record. But not the philosophy: Peace, and let everybody walk on you.'. Snubbing the King: Why Don't Big Stars Want to Perform at Charles' Coronation? Hells Angels, far left held back surging crowd. 1980) Dec. 13, 1980. 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. So I plead guilty and its straight off the streets and into the pen. Cox testified on three days. He was released from jail about a year ago, police said. 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. Youll get your face kicked. To use this feature, use a newer browser. And we got the fire put out. . Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Name: Alan David Passaro. Jagger comes sweeping in, surveys the unruly scene. Utter balls, of course. The newspaper reporters identified Passaro as a Hells Angel. It would have been as accurate to identify him as a husband, a father or a barber. He was all these. New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016. (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. The prosecution could round up only one witness from the multitudes near the stabbing who would testify against Passaro. Engineers break Guinness World Record with 289-foot paper airplane flight. ). Im a violent cat when I got to be. Violence had already marred the event. Pictures. And wow! Mostly, a little bit to the side of the stage so that people who were there didnt have to move back too far. Walker approached them during a recess and suggested that their massive militant presence might not have a relaxing effect on the 12 law and order people in the jury box. (Rehabilitation for what? [1] Charged with murder, Passaro was tried in a court of law in January 1971. He made himself comfortable in the witness chair, letting his well-muscled legs fall wide apart. We don't want to rely on ads to bring you the best of visual culture. 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. Featuring acts like Santana and Jefferson Airplane, the concert was set to culminate with The Rolling Stones as the closing act. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. The apprehended cameraman, Baird Bryant, folded his hands and waited for Walker to use him in his portrayal of the stonedness of the prosecution case. . This gun, like the witnesses, did little or nothing for the prosecution. Yeah, the one by Kafka. Sergeant Donovan testified that the gun had not been fired in recent years. (Its enough to drive a man to read a psychoanalyst. 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. who tried the case. The D.A. The event is best known for . Dont ask me to police nothing. Atty., San Jose, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. (At Altamont, he said, People were loaded and fell out. Burke asked him if he knew who the man was whom he saw stab Hunter twice. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. It was another hard-to-get item. I went there to have a good time and sit on the stage. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. A man must not show feelings. Now I aint saying anything about no Angel hit anybody. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. The attack that was caught on film and featured in the documentary Gimme Shelter, and Hunter died at the scene. (Fuck, Im going to do a year just for my tattoo. He glanced at the blue, yellow and red rondel on his left forearm: the grinning skull with a heart-shaped eye, under a winged helmet. 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. cemeteries found in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. John Burke, the prosecutor, said after the verdict: He was impeached by his inconsistent statements.. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. He was found dead floating in the Anderson Reservoir with $10,000 in his pocket in 1985. In 1980, he was given a two year prison sentence on a weapons charge and federal racketeering charges in relation to his activities with the Hells Angels. On my first beef as a adult. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. We picked him up and passed him over to the medics. The Rolling Stones on the Cover of Rolling Stone. The questioning by the prosecutor and the defense attorney brought out that few of them knew anything about Altamont except that there had been some kind of a youth fuss there around Christmastime and a few people got knocked off. Answer: Who was Alan Pasaro? There is a problem with your email/password. One of Jensens investigators, Lieutenant Mark McDonough, finally located Bryant and subpoenaed him only three days before the trial began. He testified he might even be as tall as 5 10, but at Soledad he was measured as 5 6. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. 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. Well, Mr.Bryant, did you see what the cops and the D.A. Cox had the morning off the next day, when Judge Hayes let some police officials tell about their bad experiences with Angels. One of the objects shown to the jury was a 22-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver with a six-inch barrel. And he said Hunter not only waved his gun, but fired it. soon began to think of something more than himself? He died on March 29, 1985 in Morgan Hill, California, USA. Prosecutors say the contractor, 40-year-old David Passaro, repeatedly beat the man before . (Afterward, Alan Passaro said of Cox: That dude was no pro. The Hells Angels, a rowdy crowd, and a poorly-arranged venue all conspired to turn a multi-band extravaganza, headlined by the Rolling Stones, into a violent and even deadly debacle. By the time I got to Hunter he had already been stabbed. But wasnt it a little too late to corner those scores of persons who saw the knifing, and a dozen who were close enough to the dying man to see the knife, or knives, pulled out of the black young flesh? Age 36 at death Zodiac Leo Alan Passaro dating history Relationships We have no records of past relationships for Alan Passaro. Passaro was charged with murder, but acquitted on the basis of self defense. . There were some sensitive verbal exchanges, too. Meredith Hunter succumbed to deadly knife wounds, inflicted on him by Alan Passaro, a member of the Hells Angels biker gang. Yes I have a dark side, doesnt everyone? Walker stood up and asked him why he had taken off the windbreaker jacket hed been wearing. 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They took me to lunch and made sure I ate.. Last of three loose bison rounded up in Maine. A natural film extra! didnt know the defendant would testify until an hour before he took the stand). Thanks for your help! The hand of drummer Charlie Watts is shown in foreground. Alan Passaro was born on 23 August 1948 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA. (He said he had to sell his bike to help pay Walkers legal fee. Just a scared punk.). Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. (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. The people were packed right up to the stage. The story goes that the Angles were hired by headline act The Grateful Dead for security. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. . Im in that picture, too, Belli said. All results for Alan Passaro. But when youre standing there looking at something thats your life, and everything you got is invested in that thing, and you love that thing better than you love anything in the world, and you see a guy kick it, you know who he is. His initial charge was met with a beating from the bikers, who chased him back. Is it a coincidence that Alan Passaro, as he heard the verdict read and yelled YEOWWWW! The next day, for six hours, all but one woman wanted acquittal. Of these 60 jury prospects, no more than seven were under the age of 30. And Ive been hurt by experts. Donald B. Ayer, Asst. 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.. Paul Cox, 18, nervously told the court that he had seen Passaro stab Hunter twice (the autopsy revealed that Hunter had been stabbed five times). An Oakland narcotics officer, Edward Hilliard, said that in 1968 informers had quoted a young woman as saying that if the Angels didnt cut her loose from dope charges she would tell all she knew about Hells Angels and narcotics. Her body was found later in the Oakland hills. Was it a racist crime? For me and my people. About Alan Passaro is a member of the following lists: 1948 births, Deaths by drowning and 1985 deaths. And you know what? 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.'. All I know is that Hunter was up on the stage, got knocked off; a gun was flashed and fired. A system error has occurred. On December 6, 1969, he killed audience member Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in California, during a concert by the Rolling Stones. Born August 23, 1948 Died March 29, 1985 (36) Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list Photos Known for Gimme Shelter 7.8 Self - Hell's Angel Who Stabs Meredith Hunter (uncredited) 1970 Credits Edit IMDbPro Self Thats the way it looked from the D.A.s table. You can put half a million young English people together and they wont start killing each other. Walker needed help in a situation where you had movie footage showing a guy in an Angels jacket running hard like a pole vaulter at a track meet, running with an eagerness quicker than any thought, quicker than any feeling, and just a shade quicker than most peoples impulses, running right at that man who died, and with his knife. But if he dont want to be my friend and hes gonna get in my face, Im gonna hurt him, or hes gonna hurt me. Cause of death was drowning, though foul play was never confirmed. Not just the Stones, all of them. He said it was true what Mel Belli said, that the Maysles Brothers had offered him $10,000 for his role as a superstar in Gimme Shelter.). Via Rolling Stone. Live Death Statistics Worldwide and The United States. Although various sources dispute the issue, legend has it that the outlaw bikers were hired to provide security at the event for the bargain basement price of $500 worth of beer. Here is how Robert Hatch, writing about Gimme Shelter in The Nation, saw Mick Jagger as he was filmed at Altamont: He hits the crowd with his pelvis, flings his scarf around his shoulders, jabs nervously at his flowing hair, mouths like a woman in heat, jerks with an aggressive, staccato beat that is as explicit as an anatomy chart. If you dont have them to work for you as stewards, they come anyway and cause trouble. Try again later. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer, At the end of October 1959 in the basement of 39 Gerrard Street - an unexceptional and damp space that was once a sort of rest room for taxi drivers and an occasional tea bar - Ronnie Scott opened his first jazz club. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. He died on March 29, 1985 in Morgan Hill, California, USA. But I dont really want to be. Fights broke out and audience members tried to charge the stage, which was being protected by the Hells Angels. . The concert, which aimed to be a Woodstock of the West instead managed to be the death knell of the hippie generation. But they moved them people back out of the way of the bike. A panel of 60 persons was called to the courtroom of Alameda County Superior Court Judge William J.Hayes in a courthouse that looks like a half-ruined wedding cake, and is located on the shore of the only pretty thing in downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt. But sometimes I make statements during interviews to loosen a guy up . Then he orders Charlie, poor, long-suffering Charlie, Do the same thing as I did. Four people died during violence at the concert, which was billed as Woodstock West and drew 300,000 fans. U.S. Full custom. When he was asked about the confrontation with Hunter, he astonished the reporters by saying, I went for my knife.. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. But shortly afterward, Cox maneuvered the witness into saying a hitchhiker at Altamont offered me a hit. The defense attorney smiled and glanced toward the jury. He got into this ambiguous drama by telephoning Rolling Stone and unloading some of the horror and disgust that were jammed up inside him like hard turds. Others say the Stones hired the Angels to protect them, and maybe also some of the other acts, like Santana, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. I had to help one chick to the back with a cut foot. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting 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. Navy SEAL who saved 3 kids from drowning receives medal for his heroism "I was reminded of the seven-mile swim we do in BUD/S, and I thought to myself, if I have to I can do this all day" When he waived his constitutional rights not to testify against himself and sat down in the witness chair some of the jurors leaned forward. Alan David Passaro, Defendant-appellant, 624 F.2d 938 (9th Cir. 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. After 5 1/2 hours of deliberation, nine of the jurors wanted acquittal and three held out for some kind of guilty verdict it could have been first-degree murder, second-degree, or manslaughter. Alan David Passaro, 24, one of Barger's soldiers and an ex-convict, was charged with Hunter's . Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Alan Passaro was born on August 23, 1948 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA as Alan David Passaro. It shot my whole theory of dont trust anyone over 30. I mean I dont know none of them. I do care for a lot of the people because they are down to earth. Since the guy he shot was a fugitive at the time, we couldnt take him to a doctor or an emergency ward. Person hired to promote new 'Scream' movie prompts 911 calls. . He disappeared. English I think he has a cause of action, the noted compensation lawyer said. He was so scared he sometimes looked like ectoplasm. The film clip, from Gimme Shelter, the Maysles documentary of the Stones tour, was also run many times during the course of the trial. KnowledgeNuts.com would like to show you notifications for our latest post and updates. Birthday: August 23, 1948 Date of Death: March 29, 1985 Age at Death: 36. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Verify and try again. I got where I hated the beauty business, she said, and he got where he hated the barber business. Alan David Passaro, 24, one of Barger's soldiers and an ex-convict, was charged with Hunter's . Donovan said they talked to 1100 persons and showed them photographs of possible suspects. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Fired it objects shown to the back with a six-inch barrel, we take! 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