Neil Young: Life in pictures
Neil Young, left, and Graham Nash at the Welcome Home Vets concert, Feb. 24, 1986.
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Neil Young in concert in Chicago on Oct. 20, 1986.
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Neil Young at the induction ceremonies of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on Jan. 25, 1988.
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Neil Young performs at London’s Wembley Stadium on April 16, 1990.
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Neil Young, center, with members of Crazy Horse while making a music video in Hollywood on Nov. 5, 1990.
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Neil Young in concert at the Greek Theatre in 1992.
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Neil Young performs at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., as part of the annual Bridge benefit concert in 1994.
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Neil Young, right, plays guitar as Eddie Vedder sings at the conclusion of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony on Jan. 12, 1995.
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Neil Young, right, in concert at the Great Western Forum on Sept. 11, 1996.
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Neil Young talks during a news conference before Farm Aid ’97 in Tinley Park, Ill.
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Neil Young, left, with once and future bandmates Graham Nash, David Crosby and Stephen Stills on Oct. 12, 1999.
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Neil Young performs at the Apollo Theatre in London on May 17, 2003.
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Neil Young introduces the Pretenders during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 14, 2005.
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Neil Young in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 21, 2005.
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Record producer Daniel Lanois, left, does the driving on Neil Young’s record “Le Noise.” They were seated in Young’s 1959 Lincoln, which had been converted into an electric car. Young calls the car the “Lincvolt.”
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Neil Young performs “Born in the U.S.A.” to honor Bruce Springsteen as the 2013 MusiCares person of the year on Feb. 8, 2013.
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Neil Young at Village Recorders in West L.A. on Jan. 21, 2014.
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Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, arrive at the Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2014.
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Neil Young performs at the Dolby Theatre, March 29, 2014.
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Neil Young attends the opening of a show of his art, watercolors and prints of iconic automobiles at the Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamont Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, on Nov. 3, 2014.
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Stephen Stills, left, and Neil Young perform during the Light Up the Blues Concert to benefit Autism Speaks on April 25, 2015.
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Neil Young in 2016.
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Paul McCartney, left, and Neil Young perform during Desert Trip on Oct. 8, 2016, in Indio, Calif.
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Neil Young performs at Desert Trip on Oct. 15, 2016.
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Neil Young, right, makes a surprise appearance as he plays harmonica with Mickey Raphael during Willie Nelson’s finale at the Stagecoach country music festival on April 29, 2017.
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