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RIP: Cream Bassist, Rock Icon Jack Bruce
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2014
Jack Bruce lead vocalist and bassist of the influential Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Cream died Saturday at his home in England. He was 71.

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RIP: Crestron Founder George Feldstein
SV Staff  |  Nov 05, 2014
George Feldstein, chairman and founder of home automation powerhouse Crestron, has died. He was 73.
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RIP: David Bowie
SV Staff  |  Jan 11, 2016
David Bowie the trend-setting, genre-defying pop star who continually reinvented himself and his music for nearly 50 years, died yesterday at age 69.

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RIP: Eagles Founding Member, Guitarist Glenn Frey
SV Staff  |  Jan 18, 2016
The year has not gotten off to a good start in the world of entertainment and rock and roll. We just learned that Glenn Frey, founding member and guitarist of The Eagles, died today. He was 67.
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RIP: EchoStar/DirecTV Merger
Barry Willis  |  Dec 15, 2002

<A HREF="http://www.echostar.com">EchoStar Communications Corporation</A>'s long campaign to acquire competitor <A HREF="http://www.directv.com">DirecTV Inc.</A> is finally over.

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RIP: Greg Lake, the Voice of ELP
SV Staff  |  Dec 09, 2016

“One of the great gifts I’ve had in this life is to be able to make music, and it’s something that will outlive me. That alone is a phenomenally gratifying and rewarding thing. To have left a mark—just that alone is a real privilege.” —Greg Lake

Greg Lake, progressive-rock pioneer and the voice and co-founder of ‘70s prog-rock phenomenon Emerson, Lake & Palmer, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.

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RIP: Gregg Allman, Voice of the Allman Brothers Band
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2017
The music world lost another pioneering talent with the passing of Gregg Allman—singer, organist, and co-founder of the world’s greatest southern rock/blues/jam bands, the Allman Brothers.
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RIP: Home Video Pioneer Andre Blay
SV Staff  |  Sep 18, 2018
When Sony launched the first videocassette recorder in 1975, it was just a matter of time before movies would become available on tape for viewing at home — a foreign concept at the time — but Andre Blay got the ball rolling and started a business that would forever change the way Americans enjoy entertainment at home. Blay passed away August 24 in Bonita Springs, FL at age 81.
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RIP: Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner
SV Staff  |  Jan 29, 2016
Paul Kantner, founding member and guitarist of the iconic psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, died yesterday of complications stemming from a heart attack. He was 74.
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RIP: Keith Emerson, Founder and Keyboardist of ELP
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2016
Another icon of the rock generation has departed this world: Keith Emerson, founder and keyboardist extraordinaire of the influential progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, a.k.a. ELP, died Thursday night at his home in Santa Monica. He was 71.
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RIP: Sling Media Founder Blake Krikorian
SV Staff  |  Aug 05, 2016
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RIP: Stewart Filmscreen CEO Grant Stewart
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2015
Stewart Filmscreen has announced the death of President and CEO Grant Stewart, age 60. Mr. Stewart passed away on the morning of October 27, 2015, after bravely battling cancer. His wife Mary, who retains ownership of the company, their two children, his father Pat and the entire Stewart family, survive Grant.
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RIP: Tech Pioneer Ray Dolby
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2013
Dolby Laboratories announced that Ray Dolby, an American inventor recognized around the world for developing groundbreaking audio technologies, died on September 12 at his home in San Francisco, at the age of 80. Dr. Dolby had been living with Alzheimer's Disease in recent years, and was diagnosed in July of this year with acute leukemia.
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RIP: Tom Nousaine, Colleague and Friend of S&V
Bob Ankosko  |  Jun 17, 2014
Tom Nousaine, former contributing technical editor and columnist for Sound & Vision, died June 8, 2014 in Pinckney, MI. He was 69.

A life-long audio enthusiast, Tom’s work appeared in numerous publications, including Stereo Review (predecessor to S&V, Audio, Sound & Image, Video, Car Stereo Review, Mobile Entertainment, Road Gear, Audio/Video International, The Audio Critic, The $ensible Sound, and Telephony.

Tom was a long time member of the Southeastern Michigan Woofer and Tweeter Marching Society (SWTMS) and served as regional vice president of the Audio Engineering Society and chairman of the AES Chicago Section. He founded the Prairie State Audio Construction Society and the Society for Depreciation Professionals while employed as director of capital recovery for Ameritech, one of the seven regional “Baby Bell” companies that arose out of AT&T’s 1984 divestiture.

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RIP: Tower Records Founder Russ Solomon
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2018
Russ Solomon, founder and leader of the legendary Tower Records — arguably the most influential chain of music stores in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s — died Sunday at his home near Sacramento, California. He was 92.
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