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| | Rolling Stone : Arif Mardin, 1932-2006 |
 | | Arif Mardin, the longtime Atlantic Records producer whose remarkable resume includes major hits with Aretha Franklin, the Bee Gees, Norah Jones and many others, died on June 25th of pancreatic cancer. |
 | | Mardin became a vice president at Atlantic in 1969 and remained senior vice president until his retirement from the label in 2001. |
 | | After leaving, he joined EMI's Manhattan Records, playing a major role in its revival, and produced Norah Jones' breakout album, Come Away With Me, which earned him his second Producer of the Year Grammy. |
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