Rockphiles extends their sympathies to the family of Ahmet Ertegun, the 83-year old co-founder of Atlantic Records, who injured his brain in a fall at a Stones concert on October 29, 2006, and is now in a deep coma at a New York hospital. Ahmet is on life-support and his doctor says there is no chance of recovery. Ahmet Ertegun is one of the great record guys, recently portrayed in the biopic, "Ray." His contributions to jazz and r'n'b music, and the music industry itself, are incalculable. Reuters report. Among many other luminaries, Ahmet signed Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, and, ironically, The Rolling Stones to Atlantic.
UPDATE: It is now reported that Ahmet has passed on. Farewell and RIP.
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