Denver Post today,

has the story of Barry Fey passing on this weekend. Seems he was despondent from a hip replacement surgery that he just 'wasn't getting better' from. Last summer I met with Barry and got him to autograph his book, 'Backstage Past', and my framed collection of 'backstage passes' from his concerts when I worked for him for several years in the 70's. I blogged at the time that he didn't look good and I didn't think he'd be around long. Kari freaked out and said he could Google himself, find my post and be upset, SO, I took it down, right away. As I've said, I have mixed feelings toward Barry, mainly lots of respect for being a great businessman and pioneer in the concert promoting industry, BUT, a lot of his success came from the fact that he could be a real hard-assed jerk, to get what he wanted. We always got along well and I could get him to smile and laugh when lots of people were just scared of him, cuz I knew a lot of his growling was just an act. If I had to bet, I'm thinking he was depressed at the idea of getting old, not recovering from his hip surgery and just decided to end it. Just a guess, though. An amazing, driven, intelligent man who was in the right place at the right time and made the most of it.

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