Obituary
Phil Spector, Pop Music Hitmaker Convicted of Murder, Dies at 81
- His Wall of Sound recordings made him ‘First Tycoon of Teen’
- Imprisoned after he was found guilty of second-degree murder
Phil Spector, the music producer who went from the Wall of Sound to the walls of a California prison cell, has died. He was 81.
Spector died on Saturday morning at an outside hospital, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement on Sunday. A medical examiner from the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office will determine the official cause of death. TMZ reported that Spector died from Covid-related complications after being transferred from his prison cell.