Remembering Bo Black

Photo by Erwin Gebhard / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Elizabeth ‘Bo’ Black, 74, guided Summerfest in its early years and helped make it an international juggernaut

She was Milwaukee’s one and only, the irrepressible, unconquerable Elizabeth “Bo” Black. Black presided over Summerfest, taking it from a local extravaganza to an international juggernaut, giving Milwaukee something out of the ordinary, a glitzy, gotta-be-there event that lured the biggest names in music. “She was a pistol, pal, she was a pistol,” said her husband of 20 years, former Milwaukee Brewers manager Tom Trebelhorn. Black, who had been in declining health for several years and was in hospice care in recent days, died Friday morning at her home in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was 74.

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The above excerpt is from an article written by Bill Glauber, Daniel Bice and Piet Levy and provided with permission from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. To read the complete article on Bo Black, please visit the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper.