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Andre Harrell, Music Executive Who Discovered Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs, Dies at 59
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variety.comBy Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Andre Harrell, a veteran music executive best known as the founder of Uptown Records who discovered Sean Combs and later went on to head Motown Records, has died.
He was 59. The cause of death is as yet unclear. DJ D Nice revealed the sad news while spinning on Instagram Live for his popular Club Quarantine series Friday night (May 8).
Variety has yet to receive official word though sources have confirmed Harrell’s passing. A native of New York, Harrell started his career in music as an artist, one-half of the rap duo Dr.
Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1983 Harrell teamed with Russell Simmons, the founder of Def Jam Records, and had one of his early experiences in the business working as a vice president
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