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Record Executive Howie Klein Passes Away at 77
12/25/2025
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- Howie Klein, a prominent record executive and political activist, died December 24, 2025, at age 77 after battling pancreatic cancer.
- Born in Brooklyn in 1948, he began at Stony Brook University, booking acts such as the Doors and Jimi Hendrix.
- Klein co-founded 415 Records in the 1970s and later presided over Reprise Records, working with Green Day and Neil Young.
- Klein published the political blog DownWithTyranny!.
- He supported progressive causes.
