It’s been 44 years since 11 people were killed outside The Who concert in Cincinnati in 1979. On Sunday, friends, family members and survivors visited the site of the tragedy to honor the victims.
Kasey Ladd organized this memorial event 13 years ago and has been holding it every year since. Ladd was just a toddler when his mom, Teva Rae Ladd went to the concert and never came back.
The Who concert memorial fundraiser plays on, virtually
by Dan Sewell, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 10, 2020 1:54 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 10, 2020 at 1:58 pm EDT
FILE - This Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, file photo shows a signed microphone by The Who s Roger Daltrey on display in a memorial cabinet at the Finneytown High School secondary campus in Finneytown, Ohio, along with other mementoes of the three Finneytown students killed in a stampede at the band s 1979 Cincinnati concert. Every year, Finneytown alumni hold a memorial scholarship fundraising event to honor their three classmates. In 2020, because of the coronavirus, they organized a show of prerecorded video interviews with The Who s frontman, Roger Daltrey, guitarist-songwriter Pete Townshend and a mix of recorded and live discussions with relatives of the 11 people killed on Dec. 3, 1979. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)