Sonny Barger, figurehead of Hells Angels, dies at 83

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sonny Barger, the leather-clad figurehead of the notorious Hells Angels motorcycle club, has died. And I’ve had the privilege to be part of an amazing club.” The post said that “I passed peacefully after a brief battle with cancer.” Barger's former attorney, Fritz Clapp, told The Associated Press that Barger had liver cancer and died Wednesday night at home in Livermore, California. Ralph “Sonny” Barger was a founding member of the Oakland, California, chapter of the Hells Angels in 1957 and was present at its most infamous moment — the 1969 Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway during which bikers hired as security staff fatally stabbed a concertgoer who pulled a gun on one of their members. There’s more cops committing crimes than Hells Angels.” Barger’s own arrest record included charges ranging from drunken driving to attempted murder.