Features The Peerless Ahmet Ertegun, Founder of Atlantic Records.

Ertegun, who continued to hold the title of founding chairman at … He was 83. Ertegun was critically …

Ahmet Ertegun was truly a hero of mine. He was immediately rushed to the hospital after the fall (the Rolling Stones' performance that evening was capt… By Tim Weiner. He was very possibly one of the last of his era of the original gunslingers.

Before the show Ertegun was backstage in a VIP social area that was known on the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bangtour as the "Rattlesnake Inn" when he tripped and fell, striking his head on the concrete floor. He was 83. "WHEN I FIRST started Atlantic Records," reflects the label founder, Ahmet Ertegun, "I intended to make good blues and jazz music, as well as some pop music. Ahmet Ertegun, the legendary co-founder of Atlantic Records, died Thursday at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center. Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun died today (Dec. 14) at New York's Weill Cornell Medical Center. Ertegun died at 83 in December 2006, but to this day, the standards he set are aspired to by the modern generation of label heads. At the age of 83 on October 29, 2006, Ertegun attended a Rolling Stones benefit concert at the Beacon Theatre for the Clinton Foundation, which was attended by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Dec. 15, 2006. Ahmet Ertegun, Music Executive, Dies at 83. My main interest was in jazz and blues." Ahmet Ertegun, the music magnate who founded Atlantic Records and … He was 83. For him to die in such a fashion is truly a high shame. Ahmet Ertegun, the legendary co-founder of Atlantic Records, died Thursday.