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People from the Museum at Bethel Woods are traveling around the country gathering tales and memories from people who attended the historic 1969 Woodstock Festival. With the bulk of the attendees now in their 70s and 80s and some of them deceased, the museum is embedded in a five-year initiative to debunk legends. They have obtained over 500 testimonies from people who have served in WWII using methods similar to WWII historians. They're expanding their search this year, heading to Boston and New York City in early April, where they estimate half of the Woodstock crowd still lives.

Bobbi Kelly Ercoline died over the weekend after a long illness, according to her husband, Nick Ercoline, who had been dating her for just a few months before taking the picture. The precise cause of death has yet to be announced, but Nick said that his wife was surrounded by family when she died. Her age has also not been confirmed, but the couple were 20 years old when they were snapped at a legendary festival held on the weekend, August 15 to 18, 1969. On Facebook this weekend, Nick shared: "I'm so sad that I tell my FB family and friends that after 54 years of marriage, I'm devastated to learn that my beautiful wife, Bobbi's death last night, surrounded by her family."