Sam Yasgur
Sam Yasgur | |
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Born | Samuel S. Yasgur January 9, 1942 Woodstock Festival land owner Max Yasgur |
Samuel Stephen Yasgur (January 9, 1942 – June 23, 2016
Yasgur was a 27-year-old assistant district attorney in Manhattan
Yasgur went on to become an attorney at Hall Dickler, and also served as
Yasgur wrote a book about his father, Max B. Yasgur: The Woodstock Festival’s Famous Farmer, which was self-published in August 2009.[6]
Yasgur died in 2016 from bone cancer.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Sullivan County's long time attorney, Sam Yasgur, dies". www.midhudsonnews.com. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ a b c Yasgur, Sam. ""About the author," Sam Yasgur website". Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
- ^ "Farmer With Soul:Max Yasgur". The New York Times. August 17, 1969.
- ^ Tiber, Elliot. "How Woodstock Happened" Archived January 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, reprinted from the Times Herald-Record, Woodstock Commemorative Edition (1994)
- ^ "Samuel Stephen Yasgur Obituary (2016) New York Times". Legacy.com.
- ^ Cohen, Howard (August 15, 2009). "Two books about Woodstock bring readers back to Yasgur's farm". Pop Matters. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
- ^ Mid-Hudson News Network Freeman Staff (June 24, 2016). "Sam Yasgur, former attorney for Sullivan County and son of Woodstock Festival site owner, dies at 74". Daily Freeman. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Hust, Dan; Stabbert III, Fred (June 28, 2016). "Remembering Sam Yasgur: former county attorney passes away". Sullivan County Democrat. Retrieved February 9, 2022.