Country Joe McDonald, a musician who was the lead singer in the 1960's band "Country Joe and the Fish," poses with his vanity license plate at his home in Berkeley, California December 9, 2014. Gray-haired activists still hand out leaflets on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, but the California university town that has seen violent protests over police killings of unarmed black men is a far cry from the leftist hotbed that was the face of the anti-Vietnam War movement of the 1960s. McDonald, a veteran whose "I-feel-like-I'm-fixin'-to-die rag" became an anthem for the anti-Vietnam War movement, came to Berkeley in 1965. Picture taken December 9, 2014. To match story USA-CALIFORNIA/BERKELEY REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS)
Country Joe McDonald, who fronted Country Joe and the Fish and became famous for performing “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” at Woodstock 1969, died Saturday at 84. The Berkeley resident died from Parkinson’s disease. His Vietnam protest song featured the notorious “Fish Cheer” with audiences spelling out profanity. He’s survived by wife Kathy.
