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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Laura Snapes

Mo Ostin, US record exec who signed Jimi Hendrix and the Kinks, dies aged 95

Mo Ostin, c 1970.
‘One of the greatest record men of all time’ … Mo Ostin, c1970. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Mo Ostin, the US record executive who signed the Kinks and Jimi Hendrix and presided over Warner/Reprise records for three decades, has died aged 95.

“Mo Ostin was one of a kind,” said record executive Clive Davis. “And the company he chaired was totally unique in its very special management and, of course, the depth of artistry which affected contemporary music and culture so profoundly and so historically.”

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