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(1941-2013) Author, songwriter. Richie Havens was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, and died in Jersey City, New Jersey. Best known as a folk singer, he was also a songwriter and co-wrote his autobiography, They Can’t Hide Us Anymore.

Full Name

Richie (Richard) Pierce Havens

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Havens lived in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.

1941

BIRTH

Richard Pierce Havens was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 1941.

1972

LITWORK

Richie Havens Anthology
Big 3

1999

LITWORK

They Can't Hide Us Anymore
William Morrow & Company.
0380977184 / 978-0380977185
Memoir, co-written with Steve Davidowitz.

2013

DEATH

Richie Havens died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, on April 22, 2013.

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