Burning Man founder Larry Harvey dies
By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal
The unapologetic, silver haired, Marlboro-loving eccentric credited with creating Burning Man, now a 68,000-person arts celebration held in the middle of the Northern Nevada desert, died Saturday morning. He was 70.
Harvey suffered a massive stroke on April 4 in San Francisco. He was since in critical condition at a Bay Area hospital.
“Our founder, friend, and original instigator, Larry Harvey has passed away,” wrote Marian Goodell, one of the original Burning Man founders, on Saturday.