This was the guy responsible for the sound of
Tomorrow Never Knows. Among many other things.
Beatles' sound engineer Geoff Emerick dies
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Grammy Award-winning audio engineer Geoff Emerick, who worked on several of the Beatles' most important albums, died on Tuesday from a heart attack. He was 72 years old.
His manager William Zabaleta confirmed the news, saying Emerick fell ill when Zabaleta was on the phone to him.
"Today, at around 2 o'clock, I was making my way back from Arizona to Los Angeles to go pick up Geoff so we could transport some gold records and platinum plaques to our show in Tucson," Zabaleta said in a statement online.
"While on the phone with Geoff Emerick, he had complications, dropped the phone. At that point I called 911, but by the time they got there it was too late," he said. "So Geoff suffered from heart problems for a long time. He had a pacemaker and, you know, when it's your time, it's your time. We lost a legend and a best friend to me and a mentor."
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