Birth Name: Phil Ochs
Occupation: Folk Singer
Place Of Birth: El Paso
Date Of Birth: December 19, 1940
Date Of Death: April 9, 1976
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Phil Ochs was born on the 19th of December, 1940. He was known for being a Folk Singer. American protest singer who performed for numerous anti-Vietnam War rallies, civil rights rallies, and organized labor events.
Phil Ochs was born in El Paso. He studied journalism at The Ohio State University, but went to Miami after his first semester where he was imprisoned for sleeping on a park bench. He called himself a singing journalist. He idolized such big-screen heroes as John Wayne, although he was intensely disappointed with Wayne’s pro-Vietnam War movie The Green Berets from 1968.
Phil Ochs was a Sagittarius and was born in the Silent Generation.
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Childhood
Phil Ochs was born in 1940s. The early 1940s were dominated by World War II. Following the end of the war, it was the start of the Baby Boomer years and technology advancements such as the jet engine, nuclear fusion, radar, rocket technology and others later became the starting points for Space Exploration and Improved Air Travel. The 40s also brought us the Slinky, Velcro, Jeep, Tupperware and Frisbee. Discover what happened on this day.
Phil Ochs is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Phil Ochs was born in the Year of the Dragon.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Phil Ochs |
| NICKNAME: | Phil |
| RELIGION: | Jewish |
| AGE GENERATION: | Silent Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Thursday |
| DEATH DAY: | Friday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Phil Ochs was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: Phil Ochs was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are energetic and excitable. They hate hypocrisy and gossip and can sometimes be a bit arrogant and impatient.
Ruling Planet: Phil Ochs had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
Phil Ochs’s birth sign is Sagittarius and he had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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