LBN-MUSIC INSIDER: ***Music manager Allen Klein, whose clients included the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publicist said.
Klein was 77.
The son of Jewish immigrants from Hungary, Klein founded his firm Allen Klein & Co. in the late 1950s before the label evolved into ABKCO Music & Records in New York.
The independent label holds the copyrights to music by the Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, the Animals, the Kinks, Chubby Checker, Bobby Womack and hundreds of others.
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***The more than 1.6 million fans who registered for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service will wait until Monday to learn if they received one of the 11,000 tickets for Tuesday's ceremony.
***Johnny Depp got fed up with "Public Enemies" director Michael Mann for continually demanding retakes and has been keeping his distance from him during the movie's promotion.
***Four Seasons restaurant co-owner Julian Niccolini bumped into long-haired Michael McCarty, the owner of Michael's, outside La Scalinatella Hotel on the island of Capri, Julian joked, "I'm pretty sure he's stalking me".
***The agent for "Harry Potter" star Rupert Grint says the actor is recovering from a mild case of swine flu.
Grint plays the boy wizard's best friend Ron Weasley in the hit film franchise.
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"I am very flattered my gay friends enjoy my work. Gay, straight, I'll take anybody at this point, hermaphrodites" -- Katie Couric.
LBN-HISTORY:
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors.
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