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Jerry Wexler: 1917-2008

Gerald "Jerry" Wexler died of congestive heart failure in his Florida home today at age 91. Long hailed as one of the pioneering figures of R&B (having invented the term, no less), Wexler launched the genre into mainstream popularity, and influenced the careers of artists like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles....  read more