Alice Brock, the artist and restaurant owner whose Massachusetts restaurant became the subject of folk singer Arlo Guthrie 's famous 1967 song " Alice's Restaurant Massacree," has died. She was 83.

I was turned onto “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre” in high school by a pal of mine who really loved Arlo Guthrie and his song “Coming into Los Angeles.” ...

Arlo Guthrie has posted a remembrance for his friend Alice Brock, whose namesake restaurant inspired the title of his most famous song, the 1967 ditty “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.” ...

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 Massacree," has died at age 83.