Rupert Hine, producer for Tina Turner, The Fixx and Rush, dead at 72
which was confirmed by The Ivors Academy of Music Creators, for whom he served as a board member.“His passion, wisdom, inspiration and his immense kindness will be hugely missed,” the organization said in a statement, according to Billboard.Hine, who in the 1970s had a solo career and went on to work with bands including British group Quantum Jump, started his music career with 1960s folk duo Rupert & David. He subsequently rode the New Wave and worked with acts including Howard Jones and The Fixx in the 1980s.In a tribute on Twitter, Howard Jones called him an “extraordinary man and one of my dearest longtime friends, my music mentor and producer, passed away in the early hours of this morning.