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| December 14, 2006 11:10 PM EST |
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NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/14/06 -- Ahmet Ertegun, Founding Chairman of Atlantic
Records, passed away today in New York City at the age of 83. He had been
hospitalized with a head injury since October 29, when he fell backstage at
a Rolling Stones concert at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan.
Dr. Howard A. Riina, Mr. Ertegun's neurosurgeon at New York Presbyterian
Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, said, "Mr. Ertegun suffered a
severe brain injury after he fell in October. He was in a coma and passed
away today with his family at his bedside."
Mr. Ertegun will be buried in a private ceremony in his native Turkey. A
memorial service will be conducted in New York after the New Year.
Contact:
Sheila Richman
Atlantic Records
211-707-3063
Email Contact
Bob Kaus
Atlantic Records
212-707-2026
Email Contact
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