Details are a little sketchy at present, but it is confirmed that Jim Marshall, seminal rock photographer, whose unerring photojournalistic eye captured the spirit of rock like nobody else, has died in New York City on March 24, 2010.  He was 74.  New York Times.

Granted unprecedented access to rock stars of the 60s, including the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janis, The Stones and Jim Morrison, as well as being the chief photographer at Woodstock, Marshall blazed a photographic trail and leaves an extraordinary legacy.

Here's a collection of his work. 

Photo credit to Jim Britt.