Guthrie’s 1967 antiwar anthem with the refrain “You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant” begins with an eventful Thanksgiving hosted by Ms. Brock.

NEW YORK — Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83.

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie's deadpan Thanksgiving standard, "Alice's Restaurant," has died at age 83. Latest U.S.

Alice Brock, Who Helped Inspire Arlo Guthrie’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ Dies at 83 "This coming Thanksgiving will be the first without her," the singer-songwriter wrote.

Alice Brock, who has died aged 83, was the owner of a restaurant immortalised by Arlo Guthrie in his 1967 mock-heroic ballad Alice’s Restaurant (or to give it its full title Alice’s Restaurant ...

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died. She was 83.

“Alice was a lifelong friend,” said folksinger Arlo Guthrie of Ms. Brock, a former restaurateur who prepared the 1965 Thanksgiving dinner that was the jumping off point for his famous song ...

Arlo Guthrie sings “Amazing Grace” to his bride, Jackie Hyde, at their 1969 wedding ceremony on Guthrie's farm in Washington, Massachusetts, as Alice Brock, third from right, looks on.

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83.

When director Arthur Penn made the 1969 movie“Alice’s Restaurant”based on Guthrie’s song, Ms. Brock (played by Patricia Quinn) bought a Mustang convertible with the $12,000 she received ...