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Rock Scully, R.I.P. - jazzboCR - 22-12-2014
The man who as much as anybody was responsible for the Grateful Dead's success. He was their manager for 20 years and zealously promoted and defended them, freeing them to take care of the music side. Here's a 1/2-print-page obit on him: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/arts/music/rock-scully-grateful-dead-manager-who-put-the-band-on-records-dies-at-73.html Here's a Wiki, useful mainly for the "References" section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Scully Hell of a guy, beating twin addictions, and a True Believer to the end.