Music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81.
He was serving a prison sentence for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson who was shot in his home in 2003.
A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation statement said: “California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6.35pm on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.
“Spector was admitted from Los Angeles County on June 5, 2009, for second-degree murder. He had been sentenced to 19 years to life for the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.
“Before his incarceration, Spector was an influential record producer, musician and songwriter best known for developing a music production technique called the ‘wall of sound’.”
Spector made his name as a record producer for what became known as the “wall of sound” recording technique.
He worked with some of the biggest names in music including John Lennon, Ike and Tina Turner and The Righteous Brothers.
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