Lang, who had been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma, helped create the historic 1969 music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans.
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Woodstock 50Michael Lang, co-organizer of the 1969 Woodstock festival and its subsequent anniversary events Woodstock '94.
NEW YORK Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died.
Along with partners Artie Kornfeld, John Roberts and Joel Rosenman, Lang put together the festival billed as “three days of peace and music” in the summer of 1969.