On Sunday (August 18) in Bethel, the ashes of music legend Richie Havens will be scattered across the field where the historic Woodstock Festival took place in 1969, which today is the site of Bethel ...

BETHEL, N.Y. — The ashes of Richie Havens will be scattered across the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the anniversary of the final day of the concert he opened with a nearly three-hour ...

Richie Havens, the New York City folk singer thrust by circumstance onto center stage as the opening act of Woodstock, the legendary 1969 music festival, has died. He was 72. He died Monday of a heart ...

Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday, his family said. He was 72. Havens died of a heart attack, the family said it a statement. Further ...

Folk singer Richie Havens has died, aged 72. The Brooklyn-born musician passed away at home today (April 22) after suffering a heart attack. Havens appeared at the original Woodstock festival and was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warner Bros/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Musician Sly Stone of the psychedelic soul group Sly and the Family Stone performs at the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died of a heart attack Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 72. Havens, a folk singer and guitarist ...

Musician Sly Stone of the psychedelic soul group Sly and the Family Stone performs at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 1969. Woodstock, the music festival that defined a generation, ...

Havens died of a heart attack in New Jersey, his family said in a statement. He was born in Brooklyn. Havens was known for his crafty guitar work and cover songs, including his well-received cover of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday at age 72. Havens died of a heart attack in New Jersey, his family said in a ...