When I worked for him and even when I wasn't working for him, I never heard him raise his voice, he always had an open ear for the musicians and street kids who came to him for advice and I'll never forget his support of my first activist organisation when we were being badged by ABC News during an interview in CBGS's and omfug.

This is indeed the end of an era.  - The Angryindian
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Hilly Kristal, founder of iconic punk rock club CBGB, dies - International Herald Tribune: "NEW YORK: Hilly Kristal, whose rock club CBGB served as the birthplace of the punk rock movement and a launching pad for bands like the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads, has died after a battle with lung cancer, his son said Wednesday. He was 75. Kristal, who lost a bitter fight last year to stop the club's eviction from its New York home of 33 years, died Tuesday at Cabrini Hospital, said his son, Mark Dana Kristal."[/q]