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Music business magnate Don Kirshner, 76, dies

Don Kirshner, the Bronx-born music business magnate who helped create the Brill Building songwriting scene in the '60s and made live rock music a staple on network TV in the '70s, died Monday of heart failure in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 76.

Dubbed "the man with the golden ear," Kirshner worked behind the scenes with his partner Al Nevins in Aldon, the company that put together a group of songwriters...

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