Posted on 05/02/2013 2:08:58 AM PDT by beaversmom
DENVER (CBS4) – The Arapahoe County coroner has confirmed a CBS4 Investigates report that rock promoter Barry Fey took his own life.
The 74-year-old concert promoter was found dead Sunday at his Cherry Hills Village home.
Sunday evening, CBS4 reported that according to multiple sources familiar with what happened, Fey had killed himself. There were no signs of foul play at the scene. Fey was apparently discovered by one of his sons who had been living at the expansive Cherry Hills Village home that Fey had been renting.
An autopsy was completed Monday and Wednesday afternoon, Arapahoe County Coroner Dr. Michael Dobersen wrote, “Preliminary manner of death; suicide. Preliminary cause: pending further studies.”
Dobersen said a final autopsy report will take 4 to 6 weeks to complete as toxicology and microscopic analysis still needs to be performed.
Fey had recently undergone hip replacement surgery and had told friends he was having a difficult recovery.
Who?
If interested see here:
http://barryfey.com/
And here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Fey
Barry Fey (1938- April 28, 2013) was an American rock concert promoter based out of Colorado who was best known for bringing prominent music acts to the United States for the first time.
Fey’s first concert was Baby Huey and the Babysitters in 1965 at the American Legion Hall in Rockford that made only $92. On December 26, 1968 Fey promoted the first Led Zeppelin show in North America. Shortly after in June 1969, Feyline presented the 3 day Denver Pop Festival, which featured the final performance of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Fey promoted more shows with The Rolling Stones and The Who than anybody else all before the days of the “national tours.”
In 1976 Fey’s company Feyline started his Summer of Stars concert series at Red Rocks Amphitheater. For three consecutive years (1978, 1979, 1980) Fey was voted promoter of the year by Billboard magazine.
In 1983 Fey, Chris Blackwell, and U2 produced the U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky concert film.[1]
In 1997 Fey was voted into the Touring Hall of Fame by Performance magazine.
In 1998, Fey was the majority owner of Breeder’s Cup Sprint champion Reraise.
Besides concerts Fey has been credited with saving the bankrupt Denver Symphony,[2] and forming the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He put them on a pay as you go basis and they are still thriving today. When the historic Paramount Theater in downtown Denver was facing destruction, Fey stepped in, and signed a ten-year contract, saving the building.
In 1983, he opened up the doors for Major League Baseball in Denver, by teaming up with Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and putting on an old timers baseball game.[3]
In 1991, Fey merged with Universal Concerts, which later bought him out in 1997, after a 30 year career. In an interview withImage magazine they called Fey, “Not only the best promoter in the land, but “A National Treasure.”[4]
President Bill Clinton videotaped a message of thanks and congratulations upon Fey’s retirement in 1997.
In 2009 Fey got his own radio show called “Behind the Scenes with Barry Fey” on Mile High Sports Radio, 1510 AM that discusses the music business and sports with callers. Once rumored to have a serious gambling problem, (that he denies) Fey believes what will differentiate his program from others, will be his frank acknowledgment about the role of gambling in the popularity of many sports.
On January 1, 2010 his official website BarryFey.com [1] titled the “Rockfather” was launched where he announced that he would be teaching a class “Real History of Rock -n- Roll” at the University of Colorado starting February 22, 2010 and doing speaking engagements worldwide. He also announced that he was in negotiations to write a tell all book about the music business.
November 1, 2011 Fey announced the completion of his book “BACKSTAGE PAST” with forewords written by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and Pete Townshend.[5]
Again, I repeat Timber Rattler, Who?
The one thing we all have in common is that one day we stop breathing. So why all the public interest in somebody that most never heard of?
My point is, may God rest his tortured soul. Other than that, so what?
FMCDH(BITS)
Many that have followed the music industry for 40 or 50+ years are just as well aware of Barry Fey as some are aware of Bob Hope or other people that was in a different area of the entertainment industry.
Most of the ‘big names’ (including acts I do not care for) prefered to use Barry Fey as a promoter over Bill Graham and others primarily due to his honesty.
He was not a drinker or a druggy, and everyone from the Stones to ZZ Top to Country/Western performers knew him as one of the “few” completely honest people in the industry.
He was also responsible (most claim nearly single-handedly) for ‘saving’ the Denver Symphony, as well as instrumental in making Red Rocks Amplitheater the venue it is known for today.
I will remember him as a person that would show up at the elementary school my kids went to decades ago to read to them on several occasions.
If you don’t know who he is, that is completely fine by me, as many probably know nothing of you either, which is also fine by me.
He was an interesting figure and an honest figure.
I enjoyed the stories about him and the stories he told.
I enjoyed his recent book: “Backstage Past”.
News regarding Barry Fey has been rampant in the industry for many decades.
The story was newsworthy to me, and probably a few others.
Some stories on other subjects are not.
If I took the time to comment on every story that was not something of interest to me I would not have much time for anything else.
If you don’t care who he is or what he did in the music industry, why read or post/re-post?
Just curious.
The point was in the big picture of life, who was he and why was he important to the lives of the public in general to deserve national news coverage. To me, nothing more than just another celebrity. That is all. Nobody on the national scene is going to give a crap about what my accomplishments in life are when the day comes that I pass, and I really couldn’t care. Had he not been a celebrity who needed to project an image, do you ever think he would have visited your school just because he thought it might be interesting?
I don't think he is getting national news coverage. The source is a local Denver TV station.
Well, it is worldwide now that it is on FR, now isn’t it? I still stand by my point about celebrity.
Straining on a gnat while swallowing a camel.
So your complaint isn't with the media making a big deal of it, it's with FR bringing it to your attention.
That industry has extremely low standards.
Fey still owes my father money.
Well, *they* said he was honest. :)
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