YOUNG FILM COLLABORATOR JOHNSON DEAD
Filmmaker and long-time NEIL YOUNG collaborator LARRY JOHNSON has died, a= ged 62.
The documentarian, who picked up an Oscar nomination for his work on 19= 70 film Woodstock, passed away on Thursday (21Jan10). The cause of death = was not known as WENN went to press.
Johnson met Young at the New York state festival and the pair went on t= o work together on a number of multi-media projects, including last year’= s (09) Neil Young Archives: Volume I, on which he was credited as a produ= cer.
Paying tribute to his friend, Young says, "He never lost the eye and ea= r of an original artist, one unafraid to listen to himself first. Even mo= re, he also kept his playful spirit and sense of humour."
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