Hilly Kristal, a Rock Midwife, Is Dead at 75 – New York Times

Hilly Kristal, a Rock Midwife, Is Dead at 75 – New York Times:
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.