Robert Altman, 1960s Counterculture Photographer, Dies At 76
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etcanada.comRobert Altman, a photojournalist who captured San Francisco’s burgeoning counterculture of the 1960s and became chief staff photographer at Rolling Stone magazine, has died.
He was 76. Altman was found dead in his San Francisco home on Sept. 24 after a long battle with esophageal cancer, Felicia McRee, the executor of his estate, said Tuesday.
A cause of death is pending. RELATED: Alan Kalter, ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ Announcer, Dead At 78 Born in New York City, Altman studied photography with Ansel Adams before heading west to San Francisco in 1968, where he became a fixture in the city’s art community, easily making friends and photographing hippies, protesters, revolutionaries and rock and roll artists. “Robert was a wonderful
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