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By City News Service Phil Spector Is Sentenced For Second-Degree Murder LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Legendary record producer Phil Spector, who was serving a prison term in Stockton for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson in Spector s Alhambra home, died at a hospital Saturday evening, prison officials announced today. Spector was 81. Prison officials said he died of natural causes, but he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 several weeks ago and was previously hospitalized before returning to the California Health Care Facility, which is a prison for inmates with medical or mental health conditions, according to TMZ. Spector was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. Saturday at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff s Office. ....
Phil Spector 1939-2021: Genius music producer turned murderer 17 Jan, 2021 08:32 PM 11 minutes to read AP Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his Wall of Sound method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. California state prison officials said he died Saturday of natural causes at a hospital. Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles. After a trial in 2009, he was sentenced to 19 years to life. While most sources give Spector s birth date as 1940, it was listed as 1939 in court documents following his arrest. His lawyer subsequently confirmed that date to The Associated Press. ....