Manager to Beatles/Stones dies in New York

Azerbaijan News.Net
Sunday 5th July, 2009

The former manager of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones has died in New York at the age of 77.

Alan Klein died after suffering from Alzheimer's.

In the mid-1960s, he managed The Rolling Stones and then the Beatles, earning himself the reputation of a ruthless businessman.

Even though he extracted lucrative deals from record companies for his clients, he never managed to secure the copyrights for Beatles compositions, which were later bought by Michael Jackson.

Klein’s relationship with the Rolling Stones had soured some years earlier when he bought the rights to the band's 1960s songs and recordings without their knowledge.

Klein was known to have a plaque on his desk that read: “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, because I'm the biggest bastard in the valley.”

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