Roy Trakin Don Zimmermann, the former President/COO of Capitol/EMI Records, died on Dec. 11. He was 85. The cause of death is as yet unknown, but according to his wife, Rosa, he had been battling a respiratory infection.Zimmermann’s tenure at Capitol Records were during the gold and platinum era of success in the 1970s and 1980s, with a roster that included all four Beatles, Bob Seger, Glen Campbell, Natalie Cole, Duran Duran, Grand Funk, Sammy Hagar, Merle Haggard, Heart, Iron Maiden, Little River Band, Maze, Steve Miller, Anne Murray, Juice Newton, Pink Floyd, Helen Reddy, Linda Ronstadt.
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