Music mogul don Kirshner dies
Don Kirshner, the music mogul who shepherded the work of talented young songwriters to the top of the pop charts in the 1960s, launched the Monkees, then made his face familiar to millions of rock fans as impresario of his late-night live-music TV series in the 1970s, died Monday of heart failure in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 76.
Claude Nobs, the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival, whose passion for music and artistry introduced generations of legendary musicians to international audiences on the Swiss stage, has died.