How musician Bill Graham (promoter) died ?
Graham was killed in a helicopter crash near Vallejo, California in 1991, while returning home from a Huey Lewis and the News concert at the Concord Pavilion.[5] Graham had attended the event to discuss promoting a benefit concert for the victims of the 1991 Oakland firestorm, after a large portion of the Oakland/Berkeley Hills burned. Once he had obtained the commitment from the News to perform, he returned to his helicopter, which crashed shortly after take-off, just 20 miles from the concert site. Flying in weather reported as low overcast, rain and gusty winds, the aircraft flew directly into a 223-foot high-voltage tower along Hwy 37, which runs between Vallejo and Marin County. Also killed in the crash was Graham’s girlfriend, Melissa Gold, ex-wife of author Herbert Gold,[citation needed] and pilot Steve Kahn. Graham was married at one time to San Francisco artist Bonnie Lipshitz McLean who is the mother of his son David. Bonnie was the first bookkeeper at the Fillmore and design
