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Ken Kragen, Organizer Behind ‘We Are the World’ and Manager for Kenny Rogers and the Bee Gees, Dies at 85

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J. Kim Murphy administratorKen Kragen, a prolific manager and producer in entertainment and a central organizer behind the 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” died from natural causes in his Brentwood, Calif.

home on Tuesday. He was 85 years old.Kragen’s death was confirmed to Variety by his spokesperson and friend Cheryl J. Kagan.“While I am of course immensely proud of everything he has accomplished professionally, he has also been the best dad to me that I could have ever asked for,” Ken Kragen’s daughter, Emma Kragen, said in a statement.Kragen was born in Alameda, Calif.

on Nov. 24, 1936. Kragen graduated from Harvard Business School before embarking on a career across film, television and music.

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