McCartney Times

Dell Furano, a pioneer in rock merchandising as the co-founder of Winterland Productions and later founder of Epic Rights, an entertainment agency and brand management company, has died. He was 69. The cause of death was not immediately revealed.

Furano started in the merchandising and licensing business co-founding Bill Graham’s Winterland Productions. He would go on to work with some of the top names in music, including John Lennon, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Maroon 5 and Aerosmith.

“In the ’70s, it was not cool selling merchandise, so we had to be careful,” Furano once told Billboard. “Groups would say, ‘OK, you can sell, but don’t ­embarrass us. Stand in a corner.’”

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