Sonny Barger is one of the oldest members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) and has been the face of the world for decades. origin outlaw motorcycle gang California and now with authorized divisions in half the world (including Barcelona since the dreaded Centurions were recognized by the main house), he died at the age of 83, according to his Facebook page.
While its origins are confusing, it seems clear that The Expendables were born in 1948 in Fontana, California, in part from the merger of disparate motorcycle clubs. veterans II. World War disgruntled returning home to the noble American way of life. This at least tells the romantic legend of the group. In leather vests or Texan clothes winged skull logo For years the Expendables were behind them as they traveled on America’s highways and the roar of their engines was a symbol of terror for many Americans, a banner of counter-cultural life that would soon be plunged into criminal activity.
Barger was born as Ralph Hubert Barger in 1938. Founding member of Hells Angels’ pioneering Oakland chapteralso California.
A personal message was immediately posted on his Facebook network profile: “If you’re reading this message, you’ll know I’m gone… Please know that I passed away peacefully after a short battle with cancer.” “Although I’ve been a public person for decades, I mainly spent private time with my siblings, family, and close friends at the club,” Barger said.
spokesman
Since the club’s authorized branches were established in the United States and due to escalating controversies, many of them illegal, regarding the group’s activities, Barger acted as a de facto spokesperson and defended his own club. a way of life outside of law and order.
Barger was also present. the infamous free festival organized by rolling stones in Altamont, California, where he was recruited as the Hells Angels security force in 1969. As unfortunate as it may sound, the idea arose when members of The Expendables beat Meredith Hunter, a young black man who was swinging his gun near the stage, while the Stones were playing.
By this time, the gang had already entered popular culture as a violent fraternity, with films such as 1967’s “Hells Angels on Wheels” starring the young Jack Nicholson and Hunter S. Thompson’s “Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga”, 1966. . . Meanwhile, Thompson took an independent beating from the cyclists. the person she filmed with for a year: they wanted their share of the money earned by the journalist ‘at their own expense’.
Role in ‘Sons of Anarchy’
According to the ‘Washington Post’, Barger faced several charges for carrying and using a gun. Between that and his 1988 conviction for conspiring to kill rival gang members, he spent more than a decade in prison.