Bill graham - wikipedia
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BILL GRAHAM
Sunday afternoon, November 3, 1991, was a great day for a free concert in Golden Gate Park with the Grateful Dead, Santana, Joan Baez, John Fogerty and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was a classic San Francisco party with a 300,000-plus crowd, staged — of course — by Bill Graham Presents.
But Bill Graham himself was not there to orchestrate the proceedings with the clockwork precision and fiery intensity of a great conductor. Along with his companion Melissa Gold and pilot Steve Kahn, he had died just over a week earlier, on October 25, when their helicopter crashed into an electrical tower. Bill Graham was 60 years old.
“Perhaps the most appropriate comment on who he was and what he left behind is that his operation, in five days, could put together a concert for 300,000 people with good sound, in total safety and without incident,” said Dennis McNally, publicist for the Grateful Dead. “And a show in which the last act, the Grateful Dead, went on stage and off on time, to the minute.”
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Bill Graham (promoter)
American rock music impresario (1931–1991)
For other people with similar names, see Bill Graham.
Bill Graham | |
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Bill Graham, circa 1990 | |
| Born | Wulf Wolodi Grajonca (1931-01-08)January 8, 1931 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | October 25, 1991(1991-10-25) (aged 60) Near Vallejo, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Helicopter crash |
| Other names | Uncle Bobo |
| Citizenship | Germany (by birthplace), United States (since 1949)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, musical impresario |
| Years active | 1960s–1991; his death |
| Organization | Bill Graham Presents |
| Spouse | Bonnie MacLean (m. ; div. 1975) |
| Children | 3, including 1 stepchild |
Bill Graham (born Wulf Wolodia Grajonca; January 8, 1931 – October 25, 1991) was a German-born American impresario and rock concert promoter.
In the early 1960s, Graham moved to San Francisco, and in 1965, began to manage the San Francisco Mime Troupe.[2] He had teamed up with local Haight Ashbury promoter C
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Billy Graham
American evangelist (1918–2018)
For other people with similar names, see Bill Graham.
The Reverend Billy Graham KBE | |
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Graham in 1966 | |
| Ordination | 1939 |
| Born | William Franklin Graham Jr. (1918-11-07)November 7, 1918 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | February 21, 2018(2018-02-21) (aged 99) Montreat, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Denomination | Baptist (Southern Baptist Convention) |
| Spouse | Ruth Bell (m. 1943; died ) |
| Children | Gigi, Anne, Ruth, Franklin and Nelson |
| Profession | Evangelist |
| Education | |
| Signature | |
| In office 1948–1952 | |
| Preceded by | William Bell Riley |
| Succeeded by | Richard Elvee |
| In office 1950–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Franklin Graham |
William Franklin Graham Jr. (; November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate,[1][2] whose broadcasts and world tours featuring live sermons became well known in the mid
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