Eliot Tiegel, an author, former Los Angeles bureau chief and managing editor ofBillboardand the husband of lateEntertainment Tonightproducer Bonnie Tiegel, has died.
He was 84. He died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack as he was about to leave his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles to go for a walk, his stepson, Ken Kaplan, toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
A writer for more than 50 years, Tiegel covered music, records, radio, TV and films forBillboardand other publications; handled liner notes for albums recorded by the likes of Hugo Montenegro and Mel Tormé; and often was invited by Frank Sinatra and Quincy Jones into the studio to watch them work.
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