Barger, Ralph
URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Ralph Hubert
Variants
- Barger, Sonny
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1938-10-08
Death Date
- 2022-06-29
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1957
- Organization: Hell's Angels
Birth Place
- Modesto (Calif.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Hell's Angel, c2000:t.p. (Ralph "Sonny" Barger)
- found: Washington post WWW site, viewed June 30, 2022(in obituary dated June 30, 2022: Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, died June 29 at his home in California. He was 83. Mr. Barger stood not only as the founder of the original Oakland, Calif., Angels chapter in 1957, but for decades after that also as the public face of a nationwide counterculture tribe. Ralph Hubert Barger Jr. was born in Modesto, Calif., on Oct. 8, 1938. Mr. Barger published two novels, "Dead in 5 Heartbeats" (2003) and "6 Chambers, 1 Bullet" (2006))
LC Classification
- PS3602.A775375
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Change Notes
- 2000-06-28: new
- 2022-06-30: revised
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