Beatles chief recording engineer dead

Geoff Emerick, the Beatles’ chief recording engineer who worked on some of the bands most seminal albums, is dead. He was 72.
He suffered a heart attack, reports variety.com.
His manager William Zabaleta said in a statement: ‘Today at around 2’o’clock, I was making my way back from Arizona to Los Angeles to pick up Geoff, so we could transport some gold records and platinum plaques to our show in Tucson. While on the phone, he had complications and dropped the phone.
‘I called 911, but by the time they got there, it was too late. Geoff suffered from heart problems for a long time and had a pacemaker… When it’s your time it’s your time. We lost a legend and a best friend to me and a mentor.’ (IANS)