Jamie Cohen
June 1, 1953 – September 11, 2008
Jamie Cohen was a one-time A&R man at Columbia Records and EMI Records, though he began his career in the mid ’70s as a product manager at A&M Records. He was also a musician. Cohen died of a heart attack at the age of 55.
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Bob Greenberg
DOB Unknown – September 11, 2009
During a career that spanned over 50 years, Bob Greenberg held executive posts at Warner Bros., United Artists, Mirage and Atlantic Records. While at these labels, he helped build the careeres of such legendary artists as Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake, AC/DC, Genesis, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones. Greenberg suffered a stroke on September 10, 2009 and died as a result the next day.
Alvin “Skip” Miller
DOB Unknown – September 4, 2009
Skip Miller was a respected music industry executive whose career spanned almost 40 years. Miller started his career at in the promotion department of Motown Records, where he eventually became President. After the company was sold in 1988, Miller moved over to RCA Records as Sr. Vice President. In recent years, Miller ran his own management company, Panda Entertainment Group. Skip Miller died of a heart attack at a Los Angeles hospital.
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Rich Cunningham
DOB Unknown – September 4, 2009
Rich Cunningham was a respected union organizer and one-time head of his own label, Happy Days Records, which he founded in 1995 while still in college. The punk label, named after the popular ’70s television program whose lead character shared the same name as Cunningham, was the one-time home to such acts as Ink & Dagger and Hot Water Music. In later years, Cunningham formed New Labor, an organization that helped low-income and immigrant workers. He had suffered from colon cancer since 2005, but cause of death was not immediately released. He was 32.
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