Died on Wednesday following a heart attack.
To be honest he wasn't a huge name over here.
But anybody into music had heard of him.
He also gave loads of bands their first appearances on TV,American Bandstand etc.
Plus he was there pretty much at the start of the Rock n Roll era giving airtime
to guys like Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis.
But to me he'll be a guy who championed KISS when nobody else cared.RIP.