According to a new BBC documentary, Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger only survived an assassination attempt by Hells Angels members nearly 40 years ago because a boat carrying his would-be killers was swamped in a storm.
The program called 'The FBI at 100' reported that Jagger fell out with the Hells Angels after a member of the notorious gang killed a fan during the band's infamous free concert at Altamont in 1969. The Stones had hired the local chapter to provide security for the concert near San Francisco. However, the bikers terrorized the crowd and one member stabbed 18-year-old Meredith Hunter to death in front of the stage. Jagger then vowed not to use
Hells Angel members as bouncers following the death and the two parties had a falling out.
Former special agent Mark Young said a boatload of Hells Angels set out to take revenge on Jagger at his holiday home in the Hamptons, near New York City: "The Hells Angels were so angered by Jagger's treatment of them that they decided to kill him."
"They planned the attack from the sea so they could enter his property from the garden and avoid security at the front. The boat was hit by a storm and all of the men were thrown overboard. All survived and there was not said to have been any further attempt on Jagger's life," Young tells a British paper.
The Hells Angels have always denied any connection with the killing at the concert.
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