Phil Spector, famed music producer and convicted murderer, dead at 81 (fuller story)

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Phil Spector, famed music producer and convicted murderer, dead at 81

By Associated Press
Published: Jan. 17, 2021 at 10:07 AM CST|Updated: moments ago

https://www.wdtv.com/2021/01/17/phil-spector-has-died-at-81/

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81.

California state prison officials said he died Saturday of natural causes at a hospital.

Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles. After a trial in 2009, he was sentenced to 19 years to life.

Clarkson, star of “Barbarian Queen” and other B-movies, was found shot to death in the foyer of Spector’s mansion in the hills overlooking Alhambra, a modest suburban town on the edge of Los Angeles.

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Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[csziggy]

1. Link? nt

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2. What, can't find the AP latest wire?

[csziggy]

5. You quoted from an article. You should provide the link

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6. I cited the source, AP, twice. Calm down.

[Bradshaw3]

8. The rule was calmly cited

"and include a link to the source"

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9. Stop yelling. Check out my journal. Find one OP cite without a link. I'll Send you a $20 bill.

[Bradshaw3]

10. If you just provide a link per the rules ...

... you and everyone else can calm down.

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11. ha ha ha. Check out my journal. Find one OP cite without a link. I'll Send you a $20 bill.

[USALiberal]

7. You job is to provide a link, really easy! Nt

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12. Check out my journal. Find one OP cite without a link. I'll Send you a $20 bill.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. OK, Rolling Stone magazine has confirmation. . .

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-spector-dead-obit-67459/

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4. I'm sure glad RS confirmed it.

[cbdo2007]

14. Well he was one crazy m'fer but he certainly did a lot in shaping Rock N Roll.

RIP for your contributions to the world of music. Eish you could have been a better person.

[winstars]

18. FUCK HIM. He killed a young woman. He always carried a gun and would branish it often!!!

Go straight to Hell!!!

[North Shore Chicago]

21. Yup

I watched the trial, wanted to punch his smug mug.

[jalan48]

15. Spector was known for his wall of sound technique developed in the 1950's. This is a Crystal's song

from 1963 using the wall of sound. Other artists who utilized it include the Beach Boys(Pet Sounds) and Bruce Springstein (Born to Run).

[Dennis Donovan]

16. I didn't bother to link a proper story to my OP because he's just not worth it.

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17. Gee's it was AP wire credit. It'll be at the top of the page. It's Phil Spector. Let alone the ...

... real secret: I forgot the link accidentally this one time. Check out my journal: my format is rigid. Four paragraphs, indication of edits, and the link in the second to fourth line of the body.

I don't know, but it just felt like as little as I liked Spector maybe a word about him might have been nicely expressed before giving me the ruler whack.

Others here have caught me a few times and actually posted the link for me which I also inserted by edit. I've even found a few that I found by others that I searched the headline or first sentence of, and posted the link myself.

It's Sunday morning can we try to be a little lighter.

Coffee, radio, DU, NYT, kindness to my fellow man.



Phil just isn't worth being mope slapped for, for sure!

Been reading your stuff, how ya been?

[Dennis Donovan]

19. I've been ok. Just keeping my head down...

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20. Good deal. You're the best historian we got here.