Biography

Meredith Hunter was born on October 24, 1951 in Alameda County, California, USA. He died on December 6, 1969 in Altamont, California, USA.

After viewing footage of the stabbing, police identified Alan Passaro, a local Hell's Angel, as the man who did the stabbing, arrested him and charged him with murder. At his trial, however, closer examination of the footage showed that Hunter had clearly pulled a gun toward the stage, before Passaro pulled his knife. Passaro was acquitted on grounds of self-defense.

He was the third of four children born to Altha May Anderson.