RIP Ahmet Ertegun

[urth]

A true giant in rhythm & blues, and he never sang a note:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/15/MNG3HN03571.DTL&hw=Ertegun&sn=001&sc=1000

Crap--he fell and was injured at a Stones concert in October, he'd been in a coma since then.

[mshray]

A true giant in rhythm & blues, and he never sang a note:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/15/MNG3HN03571.DTL&hw=Ertegun&sn=001&sc=1000

Crap--he fell and was injured at a Stones concert in October, he'd been in a coma since then.

that's a helluva way to go.

[RGMike]

A true giant in rhythm & blues, and he never sang a note:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/15/MNG3HN03571.DTL&hw=Ertegun&sn=001&sc=1000

Crap--he fell and was injured at a Stones concert in October, he'd been in a coma since then.

that's a helluva way to go.

Damn.

[princessofcairo]

A true giant in rhythm & blues, and he never sang a note:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/15/MNG3HN03571.DTL&hw=Ertegun&sn=001&sc=1000

Crap--he fell and was injured at a Stones concert in October, he'd been in a coma since then.

that's a helluva way to go.

Damn.

bill clinton is 60?

didn't another ertegun pass away earlier this year? or was that just another turk american music guru?

[RGMike]

didn't another ertegun pass away earlier this year? or was that just another turk american music guru?

that was Arif Mardin, the producer, a good friend of Ertegun's.

[princessofcairo]

didn't another ertegun pass away earlier this year? or was that just another turk american music guru?

that was Arif Mardin, the producer, a good friend of Ertegun's.

mmmkay, but he was turkish, too, right?

[RGMike]

wow -- Kid Rock flew all the way to Istanbul (not Constantinople) for Ertegun's funeral...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/12/18/entertainment/e065826S46.DTL&type=music