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Gene Rumsey, Top Exec at Concord and Capitol Label Groups, Dies at 67
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variety.comChris Willman Music WriterGene Rumsey, a veteran music business executive who held top posts at the Capitol-EMI and later Concord label groups, died Jan.
1 at age 67.Rumsey died at home in Westlake Village, Calif. The cause of death was cancer, after a 13-year struggle with the disease.In the latter part of his career, Rumsey had held several prominent titles at Concord Music Group after leaving EMI to join the company in 2003, including general manager/COO; chief label officer and chief marketing officer; and president, Prestige.Rumsey helped take Concord from $13 million in revenue, the rough annual income at the time he joined in 2003, to more than $100 million five years later, according to the company.
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