Jerry Wexler, Iconic Record Producer, Dies at 91

Jerry Wexler, the iconic record producer who coined the term “Rhythm and Blues,” died at his Sarasota, FL home on Friday morning. Wexler was 91.

Credited for signing or producing musicians like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, Wexler helped popularize the R&B sound in the 1950s and then continued his work over the next three decades with some of music’s biggest names including Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson.

Wexler was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He had been suffering various illnesses over the past few years due to congenital heart disease.

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