Woody+Guthrie



Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was a popular folk singer and composer mostly known for the song of “This land is your land”. He wrote 3,000 song lyrics, published two novels, created artworks, authored numerous published and unpublished manuscripts, poems, prose and all are housed in Woody Guthrie Archives in New York City.

He was mistakenly diagnosed and treated for everything from alcoholism to schizophrenia. His symptoms kept worsening and physical condition deteriorated. In 1954 he was admitted to Greystone Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey where he was then diagnosed with the incurable degenerative nerve disorder, Huntington’s disease then known as Huntingtons Chorea. W.Guthrie died on October 3,1967 while at Creedmore States Hospital in Queens,NY. He became the famous victim of Huntington’s disease.

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