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Ben Vaughn, President-CEO of Warner Chappell Nashville Publishing, Dies at 49


Ben Vaughn, a publishing exec who rose to become president-CEO of Warner Chappell Nashville, has died.

A memo sent to staffers from Warner Chappell Music co-chairs Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall, obtained by Variety, reads as follows: “To everyone at WMG, It is with broken hearts that we share the unthinkable news that Ben Vaughn, President & CEO of Warner Chappell Nashville, passed away this morning. “I think the big lesson for myself and that I always tell people in the publishing world, like, just make sure you’re busting your ass for songwriters,” Vaughn said in a 2021 interview with podcaster Zak Kuhn.

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