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Lesly Simon, Longtime Nashville Exec Who Served as GM at Garth Brooks’ Pearl Records, Dies at 52
Lesley Simon, the GM at Garth Brooks' Pearl Records, is dead at 52. Among other roles, the music veteran served as GM at Trisha Yearwood's label.
Lesly Simon, a more than 20-year music industry veteran who served as general manager of Garth Brooks ‘ Pearl Records for seven years, died on Thursday (March 27) following a long battle with breast cancer. 1 singles on the Billboard and Mediabase country charts while helping launch platinum and multi-platinum albums and tracks from artists including Underwood, Paisley, Brooks & Dunn and Alan Jackson. Simon is survived by her husband, Robert; step-children Max and Miller Simon; mother Cindy Adams Somerville; brother Taylor Somerville (Caroline); sisters Cindy Gallion (Thomas) and Amy Landers (William Hansen); mother-in-law Marcia Unger; sister-in-law Carrie Pizitz (Richard); and many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
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