Musical genius Spector dies lonely and unloved | Culture

Phil Spector arrives at court after the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.

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entertainment">He became known for being overwhelming Wall of sound, in which vocal harmonies fused with orchestral arrangements. Phil Spector thus transformed music in the fifties and sixties. But the iconic producer spent the last years of his life ingloriously in the prison hospital after the murder of blonde actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. The hitmaker was jailed for 19 years for the murder.

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