The State - News from Sept. 2, 1986
A Fresno man has died from injuries suffered in a fight two weeks earlier at a concert featuring the rap band Run-D.M.C., police said. Alex Baldwin, 21, suffered a head injury Aug. 16 at Fresno’s Selland Arena. He went into a coma after the concert and never regained consciousness, police said. Two nights after the concert, a riot broke out at a rap concert at Long Beach featuring the same group, resulting in 40 injuries.
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