Max Yasgur
American farmer
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Max Yasgur was an American farmer who provided the land for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York. Despite initial rejections from other towns, Yasgur's farm became the site for the iconic 1969 festival. Approximately 400,000 people attended the event, which featured numerous prominent musicians and became a defining moment of the 1960s counterculture, celebrated for its "Three Days of Peace and Music." The festival's legacy was further cemented by a successful documentary film.
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