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Woodstock legend Country Joe McDonald dead at 84
- Country Joe McDonald, lead singer of Country Joe and the Fish, has died at 84, state sources confirmed.
- McDonald helped define the 1960s San Francisco scene with antiwar and counterculture songs like 'I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag'.
- McDonald’s career included a solo path and continued advocacy on environmental and civil rights issues.
- The Woodstock icon reportedly had five children and was survived by his wife, Kathy Wright.
- Country Joe and the Fish released two albums, 'Electric Music for the Mind and Body' and 'I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die'.
- Country Joe McDonald helped lead efforts related to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Berkeley and San Francisco.
- The musician’s death was reported by TMZ, with no immediate cause of death disclosed.
- McDonald’s Woodstock legacy centers on his band’s counterculture era performances and antiwar messages.
- The reference material includes a gallery of images from various periods in McDonald’s career.
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