With the death of Phil Spector, the music world loses one of its legendary producers. The eccentric Spector colored the sound of the greatest artists, from The Beatles to Ike & Tina Turner to Leonard Cohen. Yet his musical legacy will be forever tainted by the murder for which he was serving a 19-year sentence.
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Phil Spector turned 81 and died in Stockton, California, on Saturday. The official cause of death was not yet known on Sunday evening, but he would have died of natural causes. …
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