Woodstock Co-Creator Michael Lang Dead at 77 Years Old
The famed festival organizer had non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair co-creator Michael Lang has died. He was 77 years old.
The news was confirmed by Lang family spokesperson Michael Pagnotta, who confirmed that the industry icon had non-Hodgkin lymphoma and died on January 9 at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. “He was absolutely an historic figure, and also a great guy,” Pagnotta said. “Both of those thing go hand in hand.”
Lang co-created the famed Woodstock festival alongside Artie Kornfeld, and the late organizer attempted to celebrate Woodstock’s 50th anniversary in 2019. However, recurring issues such as permits, artist cancellations and production problems forced Lang to officially cancel the event.
