According to this article, the death of Meredith Hunter at a Rolling Stones concert marked the end of the 60s. Meredith Hunter was killed by members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang that were hired as security for the concert. This much is historical fact. The odd bit of news that I was unaware of was that members of the Hells Angels, angered by Jagger's lack of support, had plotted and begun an attempt to murder Mick Jagger . It turns out that the plot included approaching Jagger's estate from the ocean to avoid security. The plot may have had a much better chance of succeeding had a storm not appeared and left the would be murderers swimming in the ocean. Some of you may be saying, "ah, that settles a question I had not thought of - who does God like better: Hells Angels bent on murder or Mick Jagger?" The thought crossed my mind briefly but I figure that God was probably saying something like "knock it off, you guys" when he turned the boat over in the ocean. None of the Hells Angels were harmed in the incident. You would think one or two would have died if God was really weighing in one way or the other. Still, the would be murderers must have also taking the storm as a sign from the almighty because there was no second attempt on Jagger's life. As far as I can tell, these momentarily outraged gang members decided for whatever reason to no longer pursue vengeance against Jagger ever again. Perhaps they will all meet in another place, another time. Today's Odd News Award Winner!
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/hells-angels-plotted-to-kill-mick-jagger-agent-says/?hp
