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Died On This Date (July 6, 2008) Ann Spencer Gates / Boston Disc Jockey; Matador Records

Posted by themusicsover on July 6, 2010

Ann Spencer Gates
March 25, 1959 – July 6, 2008

spencerAnn Spencer Gates was a Boston area disc jockey and later, publicist for Matador Records.  Moving from Buffalo to Boston for college in the late  ’70s, Gates soon had a radio program on MIT’s hip WMBR radio station.  She, along with friend Lisa “Sheena” Bucholz hosted “The Mystery Girls” where they were one of the first to champion such local bands as Lemonheads and Mission Of Burma.  By the late ’80s, Gates was living in New York City where she went to work for Matador Records as a publicist, working with such acts as Liz Phair, Pavement, Cat Power and Bettie Serveert.  Ann Spencer Gates died on July 6, 2008 after a long struggle with breast cancer.

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