Phil Spector, the producer responsible for some of the biggest hits in music has died according to TMZ.
Reports reveal he died from COVID-related complications after he was transferred from his prison cell to a hospital. He was diagnosed four weeks ago and went to the hospital but recovered well enough to return to prison. Phil Spector was serving a 19-to-life sentence for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
The late producer had trouble breathing. However, he died on Saturday 16th January after he was taken to the hospital.
Spector began his career early when he was still in high school, producinh his first big hit, “To Know Him is To Love Him,” by the Teddy Bears. He also produced The Righteous Brothers “You Lost that Lovin’ Feeling,” “Unchained Melody,” “You’re My Soul and Inspiration,” The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” and The Crystals’ “He’s a Rebel”
He had a deep association with The Beatles, and produced their final album, “Let It Be”. The song includes “The Long and Winding Road,” “Get Back,” and the title track. Spector also produced Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High.” Phil got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
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When Phil produced The Ronettes, he went on to marry their lead singer, Ronnie in 1968. The couple had a tumultuous relationship. She accused him of tormenting her during their 4 years together by telling her she was nothing personally or professionally without him, forbidding her to leave their mansion alone, and pulling guns on her.
Spector ended up in prison for the second-degree murder of Lana Clarkson, an actress he’d met in 2003 while she was working at the House of Blues in WeHo. They went back to his mansion, where he shot her although he’d claimed it was an accidental suicide.
His first trial, in 2007, was declared a mistrial. This was due to a hung jury, but he was convicted in a 2009 retrial.
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