I always thought the hippie thing reached its crescendo in 1968. I think the hippie funeral came after the free Altamont Pass Rolling Stones concert in the SF Bay Area where someone was killed and a lot of people had had enough. At that point you had either turned right (accepting Jesus Christ like I did) or kept going Left as we see today.
The Altamont concert was on December 6, 1969.
Apparently the idea for a "hippie funeral" was originally conceived a commentary on media coverage, but it did mark the beginning of the decline.
