Folk singer, composer Woody Guthrie dies 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 3 1967)


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(Tuesday, October 3, 1967) — American folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie, the Dust Bowl Troubadour best known for “This Land Is Your Land,” died today at Creedmoor State Hospital in Queens, New York, of complications from Huntington’s disease.


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He was 55 years old.