Farewell Ahmet Ertegun

[Snowflake]

R-I-P and thanks for all the great music


Founder of Atlantic Records dies

NEW YORK - Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 83, his spokesman said.

Ertegun remained connected to the music scene until his last days — it was at an Oct. 29 concert by the Rolling Stones at the Beacon Theatre in New York where Ertegun fell, suffered a head injury and was hospitalized. He later slipped into a coma.

"He was in a coma and expired today with his family at his bedside," said Dr. Howard A. Riina, Ertegun's neurosurgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Keith Richards

What a guy! With Ahmet gone, the old recording industry goes with him. He was as much a father to us as he was a formidable guy to do business with. One only has to look at the incredible roster of artists that he worked with to realize that we have lost a giant. I shall miss him and that low chuckle.

.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Definitely a legend. Also the guy that signed Led Zeppelin, among many others. A sad loss, indeed.

[Tref]

Goodbye Ahmet, I hardly knew ye was sick.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Tref

Goodbye Ahmet, I hardly knew ye was sick.

Twasn't illness that claimed Ahmet. He falled go boom (on the head).