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1. www.nytimes.com › 2013/04/23 › artsRichie Havens, Guitarist and Singer, Dies at 72 - The New ...

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   Apr 23, 2013 · Richie Havens, who marshaled a craggy voice, a percussive guitar and a soulful sensibility to play his way into musical immortality at Woodstock in 1969, improvising the song “Freedom” on the...

2. www.npr.org › sections › therecordRichie Havens, A Folk Singer Of 'Freedom' : The Record : NPR

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   Apr 22, 2013 · Richie Havens, a Brooklyn-born singer who sang gospel as a teenager, began playing folk music in Greenwich Village clubs in the 1960s and was the opening act at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair...

3. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-newsRichie Havens, Folk Icon, Dead at 72 - Rolling Stone

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   Apr 22, 2013 · April 22, 2013. Richie Havens Michael Putland/Getty Images. Richie Havens, who brought an earthy soulfulness to the folk scene of the Sixties and was the first act to hit the stage at...

4. www.today.com › popculture › richie-havens-woodstock-legendRichie Havens, Woodstock legend, dies at 72 - TODAY

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   Apr 22, 2013 · Folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens, who opened the 1969 Woodstock music festival with a legendary and lengthy set that helped make him famous, died Monday at age 72. His family says Havens...

5. www.rollingstone.com › woodstock-richie-havens-855505Richie Havens on Opening Woodstock '69 - Rolling Stone

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   Aug 9, 2019 · Woodstock Remembered: Richie Havens on Opening the Fest of ‘People Just Being People’. "It was the first expression of the first global-minded generation born on the planet," singer-songwriter ...

6. www.cnn.com › 2013/04/22 › showbizFolk singer Richie Havens dead at 72 | CNN

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   Apr 22, 2013 · CNN —. Famed folk singer Richie Havens, the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock music festival, died Monday of a sudden heart attack, his publicist said. He was 72.

7. www.npr.org › artists › 15360580Richie Havens : NPR

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   Dec 13, 2008 · December 13, 2008 • Richie Havens is the man who opened Woodstock, and he hasn't stopped performing or inspiring ever since. Here, the legendary folk singer and guitarist discusses his new...