# Hilly Kristal - Owner of CBGB's - has died

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilly-kristal-owner-of-cbgbs-has-died/417382
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 29, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilly-kristal-owner-of-cbgbs-has-died/417382 "2007-08-29T16:59:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilly-kristal-owner-of-cbgbs-has-died/417382/1 "2007-08-29T16:59:20Z")

</div>

Story [here](http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/29/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Hilly-Kristal.php)

I only went once, but I have a bunch of friends whose bands played there and friends who went there a lot during the punk heyday.

An icon in certain circles…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilly-kristal-owner-of-cbgbs-has-died/417382/2 "2007-08-29T17:04:55Z")

</div>

He was an enabler of some pretty different music, and for that, he deserves respect. R.I.P.