Izzy Young, who organized Bob Dylan's first big concert, dead at 90

Legendary music promoter Izzy Young being interviewed in Greenwich Village NYC for a film about his life and times on April 3, 2013. In the 1960s, Israel Young was hugely influential in the evolution of the New York Folk scene where, in 1961, he gave singer-songwriter Bob Dylan his first gig at Carnegie Chapter Hall NYC. (Epics/Getty Images)

Izzy Young, who in 1961 organized the first New York concert by Bob Dylan and devoted decades of his life supporting folk music, has died at age 90.

Young was a big name in folk music — Dylan, a regular visitor at his New York music shop, the Folklore Center, once called it "the citadel of Americana folk music." Young moved to Sweden in 1973 and reopened his store there.

In November 1961, Izzy organized the first major public concert for Dylan at the Carnegie Hall Chapter Hall.

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Young's daughter, Philomene Grandin, said Wednesday that Young died late Monday at his home in Stockholm, citing "natural causes."

Grandin said her father dedicated over 60 years to supporting folk musicians.

He is survived by Grandin, a son and three grandchildren.