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Article: Ahmet Ertegun; was midwife to birth of rock 'n' roll; at 83 Ahmet Ertegun, was midwife to birth of rock 'n' roll; at 83
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 15, 2006
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Ahmet Ertegun - who helped change the music the world listened to,
thanks to his stewardship of Atlantic Records, a driving force in the
emergence of rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll - died yesterday. He
was 83.
Mr. Ertegun had been in a coma since suffering a fall Oct. 29 at a
Rolling Stones concert celebrating Bill Clinton's 60th birthday. He
died at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center.
"Here was a man who combined substance and style like no one
else," said Lyor Cohen, chief executive of US recorded music at
Warner Music Group Corp., parent of Atlantic Records.
"Ahmet was perhaps the most revered, respected figure in American
popular music of the modern era," ...