Yasgur
MONTICELLO – Sam Yasgur, until recently Sullivan County Government’s
attorney, died Thursday night.
He died at age 74 following a long battle with cancer.
County Legislature Chairman Louis Alvarez called his friend “one
of the best attorneys I have ever seen.” He said he was a whiz at
federal litigation.
Yasgur retired recently and was replaced by assistant attorney Cheryl
McCausland.
Yasgur was the son of Max Yasgur, who leased his 600-acre dairy farm in
Bethel for the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in 1969.
He was a 27-year assistant district attorney in Manhattan. His career
also extended to private practice and as Westchester County Attorney.
He wrote a book about his father, “”Max B. Yasgur: The Woodstock
Festival’s Famous Farmer,” which was self-published in 2009.
