With an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music, he championed acts including the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders on his label Sire, and helped found the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71
Mr. Sakamoto, whose work with Yellow Magic Orchestra influenced electronic music, composed scores for “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant.”
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George Nassar, 86, Killer Who Heard Confession in Strangler Case, Is Dead
A fellow inmate, Albert DeSalvo, told him that he was the Boston Strangler who had killed 13 women in the early 1960s. Mr. Nassar’s death, in 2018, had gone unreported.