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Ahmet Ertegün

Turkish-american songwriter, record producer, music executive (1923-2006).

Born July 31st, 1923 in Istanbul. [ref]

Died December 14th, 2006 at 83 years old in New York City (fall). [ref]

Occupations
composer, entrepreneur, record producer, songwriter
Wikipedia

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs