Hell, it seems, hath no fury like Hells Angels scorned.
According to a BBC documentary, Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels after a purported dispute with the motorcycle gang. Jagger had vowed not to use Hells Angels members as bouncers following the death in December 1969 of a young fan at a free performance at Altamont Speedway in Northern California. A member of the Hells Angels was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense in the death.
“The Hells Angels were so angered by Jagger’s treatment of them that they decided to kill him,” Tom Mangold, the presenter of “The FBI at 100,” was quoted as saying.
In the program set to air Monday on BBC 4, Mangold said the men tried to reach Jagger by sea but that “the boat was hit by a storm, and all of the men were thrown overboard.”
They lived, but no other attempt was made on Jagger’s life, Mangold said. It was not clear if Jagger was ever informed of the alleged plot.
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Personals was compiled by Kester Alleyne-Morris from Tribune news services and staff reports.
