“In any gathering of Hell's Angels,” Hunter S. Barger (the name is pronounced with a hard “G”) solidified his position as the de facto leader of the club’s various chapters, in the mid-1960s, those idiosyncrasies had already made them something of a legend, helped along by a long list of writers who found their story - and Mr. While the beats, hippies, yippies, diggers and other groups skewed far to the left and generally eschewed violence, the Angels reveled in attacking antiwar protesters, warring with rival clubs and targeting enemies for revenge killings.īy the time Mr. The Hells Angels were both a defining part of the postwar counterculture and a sharp deviation from it.
His former lawyer and business manager, Fritz Clapp, said the cause was liver cancer.
“I am bringing in substantial resources to protect the safety of the general public from the violence and danger that may result from this event,” Sheriff Pat Withrow explained in a press conference.Sonny Barger, who as the charismatic face of the Hells Angels grew the hard-charging motorcycle club from its roots in the San Francisco area into a global phenomenon, in the process making it an emblem of West Coast rebellion - and, federal authorities said, criminal enterprise - died on Wednesday at his home outside Oakland, Calif. The funeral had such a high attendance of bikers that the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office began to worry about safety. And the funeral of Sonny Barger well exceeded this number, drawing around 7,000 people. Officially, the Stockton 99 Speedway has a capacity of only 5,000, as it was built way back in early 1947. Sonny Barger’s Funeral Draws Thousands of Attendees
And of its thousands of members, Sonny Barger was both the most well-known and the one held in the highest esteem. Keep in mind that the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has well over 400 chapters worldwide. Barger had touched the lives of so many, in fact, that his funeral was held at the Stockton 99 Speedway, as organizers had to prepare for a far greater attendance than a typical mournful gathering. The news of his death was met with an outpouring of love and support from admirers all over the world.
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