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Print Reprints By BEN SISARIO Published: August 29, 2007 Hilly Kristal, who founded CBGB, the Bowery bar that became the cradle of punk and art-rock in New York in the 1970s and served as the inspiration for musician-friendly rock dives throughout the world, died in Manhattan on Tuesday. He was 75. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Scott Gries/Getty Images Hilly Kristal inside the CBGB punk-rock club in New York in August 2005. Multimedia Video Remembering Hilly Kristal and CBGB Slide Show CBGB Is History Related Music: Fans of a Groundbreaking Club Mourn and Then Move On (October 17, 2006) CBGB Brings Down the Curtain With Nostalgia and One Last Night of Rock (October 16, 2006) Op-Ed Contributor: Rock n Roll High School (October 14, 2006) | |
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