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per. He soon added an entertainment Sea and Payson Muller. an in -house lawyer for EMI (then law practice, working with clients from Thorn EMI) beginning in 1980, until Frank Lady he Seddons a in 1988. Callari, to Breyer, aka Jaye joined as 55 Nintendo Aerosmith. Jacqueline partner After co- founding Voyager Commu- Breyer P- Orridge, 38, Psychic TV key - He leaves behind his wife, Marilyn, Frank Callari, 55, manager of the Mavericks, Ryan Adams, Junior Brown and nications Group in 1989, he created boardist and conceptual artist, died and daughter Charlotte. Lucinda Williams, among others, died Oct. 26 of natural causes. He was 55. Valiant Comics, which was sold to Ac- Oct. 9 at her home in Brooklyn. The After graduating in 1973 from the École Hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzer- daim Entertainment and ofwhich Mas- cause was a heart condition possibly Paul Raven, 46, bassist with influ- land, with a bachelor's in hotel /restaurant management, Callari became the sarsky became president /publisher. related to stomach cancer. ential British post -punk group Killing GM at a New York hotel. In 1976, his Four years later, the comic book retail A nurse and volunteer, Breyer met Joke, died Oct. 20 in his sleep of an desire to get involved in the music in- industry awarded him the title pub- and married Throbbing Gristle and apparent heart attack in Geneva, dustry led him to attend New York Uni- lisher of the year. Psychic TV band member Neil Meg - Switzerland, where he had been versity, where he graduated with a Massarsky is survived by his mother, son, aka P- Orridge, in 1993. The cou- recording. bachelor's in music technology. Yetta; two sisters, Ellen and Marilyn; ple attempted to mirror one another Born in Wolverhampton, England, While attending NYU, Callari be- and fiancée, Pui King Hui. through cosmetic surgery. Pho- Raven earned his stripes in local punk came PD of its radio station, WNYU, tographs ofthis contemporary art proj- band the Neon Hearts. with which he presaging a sting as a club DJ and Joseph Corbett Donohue Jr.. 66, ect have been included in exhibitions recorded an album in 1979. dance record remixer in New York. marketing, PR and label executive, including "Painful But Fabulous," dis- Raven joined Killing Joke in 1982, Callari moved to Miami in 1988, passed away Oct. 5 from cancer in San played in European capitals and U.S. replacing original bassist Youth, and where he eventually met and began Clemente, Calif. art institutions. made his debut with the band on the managing the Mavericks. The band Donohue started his career as a pro- In 2006, a new lineup of Psychic TV 1983 single "Birds of a Feather." The signed to MCA Records, and he and duction assistant for "The Steve Allen named PTV3 recorded an album fea- band's 1985 album "Night Time" was the group moved to Nashville in 1992. Show" and later worked as a producer turing members of the Yeah Yeah its biggest commercial success, Callari and then - Mercury Nashville label chief Luke Lewis (now Universal for KHJ -TV and Norman Gerard Pro- Yeahs, Butthole Surfers and Lady Jaye reaching No. 11 on the U.K. album Music Group chairman) launched Nashville -based Lost Highway Records in ductions. After a stint in the Peace on keyboard and vocals. chart and producing the hit single 2001, which is home to Williams, Adams, Shelby Lynne and Mary Gauthier, Corps, Donohue worked as the music "Love Like Blood." among others. For the first few years of the label's existence, Callari was sen- editor at Variety and held executive po- David Kent, 54, British music lawyer The band fired Raven in 1987, al- ior VP of A&R. -Ken Tucker sitions at Elektra, ABC /Dunhill, A &M ofinternational law firm Seddons, died though he rejoined two-years later. That and Motown Records. Oct. 18 of pancreatic cancer. lineup of Killing Joke folded in 1991, DEATHS career managing the political cam- Donohue also led marketing and Kent, an expert in commercial con- but Raven appeared in a new version Steven J. Massarsky, 59, entertain- paigns of such figures as George Mc- artist development operations for a wide tract negotiation, intellectual property ofthe band in 2003. He also played with ment entrepreneur, died Oct. 5 from Govern and John Kerry. Later, he range of clients with his own company, rights and media -related dispute res- Prong; Murder, Inc.; Pigface; and God - cancer in New York. formed his own management com- Donohue Marketing Communications. olution, served as head of media and flesh, in addition to touring with Min- Massarsky received degrees from pany, with the Allman Brothers Band Donohue is survived by his entertainment at London -based Sed- istry in 2006 and working on that band's Brown University and Rutgers Uni- and the Wailers on the roster, and he brother, Michael; his daughter, Jes- dons since 1997. albums "Rio Grande BIood" (2006) and versity School of Law and began his helped launch the career of Cyndi Lau- sica; and his stepchildren, Daniela A former musician, Kent worked as "The Last Sucker" (2007).

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