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Hillel Italie | Associated Press

Jerry Moss, music exec behind Peter Frampton and Janet Jackson, dies at 88

Jerry Moss (right) poses with his Trustee Award at the 1997 Grammy Awards as his business partner, Herb Alpert, pretends to play his trophy like a trumpet. (Kathy Willens/AP)

Jerry Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage to the heights of success with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters and hundreds of other performers, has died at age 88.

Moss, inducted with Alpert into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, died Wednesday at his home in Bel Air, California, according to a statement released by his family.

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