Hilly Krystal dead.  As dead as a doornail.

CBGB's famed owner, Hilly Krystal, is dead.  As dead as a doornail at 75 -- from lung cancer  His beer-scented cocoon on the Bowery launched the careers of many of punk/new wave's founding persons: Ramones, Talking Heads, Tele... you know -- and if not visit the obit.
His legacy lives on in the retail shop (NYC.com listing), a proposed Vegas nightclub, and possibly in the name of an overpriced burger joint at a neighboring storefront.  Sadly, the actual CBGB remains closed with no high end retailers beating down the gates to pay enormous rent for a storefront under a homeless shelter on the Bowery.
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Tags:   bowery, cbgb, hilly krystal, vegas

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Posted on 8/30/2007 ( Permanent Link )
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