*Gerry Griffith, the veteran music executive who helped bring a teenage Whitney Houston to Arista Records and played a pivotal role in launching one of music’s greatest careers, has died at 87. The former Arista Records vice president of A&R died November 5 in Brooklyn, New York, following a five-year battle with dementia, according to …
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