Robert Altman, 1960s counterculture photographer, dies at 76


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Robert Altman poses with an image from his book 'The Sixties: Photographs,' which was published in 2007. Photo: Robert Altman/Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley

Robert 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 recently. A cause of death is pending.

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