Don Zimmermann, former president and COO of Capitol EMI Records, died Friday in Huntington Beach, California, after fighting a respiratory infection, his wife, Rosa, announced.
He was 85. A longtime Capitol/EMI employee, Zimmermann held numerous sales and marketing positions since the 1960s, when he served as a salesman and district sales manager in San Francisco.
Zimmermann moved his way up the ladder, transferring to Chicago, New York and then to the Capitol Tower headquarters in Hollywood, where he became executive vp and COO in 1976.
He was named president of Capitol in 1982, had a stint as president of Capitol/EMI North America and then returned as Capitol president in 1984.
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