Max yasgur obituary in rolling stone
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Max yasgur obituary in rolling stone
Max Yasgur
American farmer (–)
Max Bernard Yasgur (December 15, – February 9, ) was an American farmer. He was the owner of the acre (&#;ha) dairy farm in Bethel, New York, where the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held on August 15–18, He sold his farm in and retired to Florida, where he died in
Personal life and dairy farming
Yasgur was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Jewish immigrants Samuel and Bella (née Feder) Yasgur.[1] Sam had been born in Minsk, now in Belarus,[2] and Bella had been born in Poland.[3] Max was raised with his brother Isidore (–) on the family's farm (where his parents also ran a small hotel)[4] and attended New York University, studying real estate law.
By the late s, he was the largest milk producer in Sullivan County, New York.[5] His farm had cows, mostly Guernseys.[6]
At the time of the festival in , Yasgur was married to Miriam (Mimi) Gertrude Miller Yasgur and had a son,