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09-03-2016, 10:40 PM
Jerry Heller, N.W.A. manager, dead at 75
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The former manager of historic rap group N.W.A, Jerry Heller, has died at the age of 75.*
SEE ALSO: 9 music documentaries to binge on Netflix this Labor Day Weekend (http://mashable.com/2015/09/05/documentaries-straight-outta-compton/)
Heller's cousin, Gary Ballen, confirmed that the former music business executive died at the Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, California after suffering a heart attack, according (http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7495967/jerry-heller-early-nwa-manager-dies-at-75) to Billboard.*
However, TMZ reports (http://www.tmz.com/2016/09/03/jerry-heller-dead-nwa/) that Heller was first taken to the hospital after being involved in an automobile accident.*
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MC Ren, from left, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and DJ Yella from N.W.A appear at the 31st Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction in *April 8 in New York.
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The former manager of historic rap group N.W.A, Jerry Heller, has died at the age of 75.*
SEE ALSO: 9 music documentaries to binge on Netflix this Labor Day Weekend (http://mashable.com/2015/09/05/documentaries-straight-outta-compton/)
Heller's cousin, Gary Ballen, confirmed that the former music business executive died at the Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, California after suffering a heart attack, according (http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7495967/jerry-heller-early-nwa-manager-dies-at-75) to Billboard.*
However, TMZ reports (http://www.tmz.com/2016/09/03/jerry-heller-dead-nwa/) that Heller was first taken to the hospital after being involved in an automobile accident.*
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MC Ren, from left, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and DJ Yella from N.W.A appear at the 31st Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction in *April 8 in New York.
Image: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/03/jerry-heller-dead/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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