OBITUARY: Larry Butler, Producer for Kenny Rogers, Dies at 69

25 January 2012, 1:20 am

Larry Butler, the producer of some of Kenny Rogers's biggest hits and the only Nashville session leader ever to win a Grammy Award for producer of the year, died on Friday at his home in Pensacola, Fla. He was 69. His death was from natural causes, said Jana Talbot, a friend of the family. As a musician, producer, songwriter and record executive, Mr. Butler had a hand in creating significant ...... Read More »

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