R.I.P.: Denver Concert Promoter Barry Fey Dead At 73

Barry Fey

 The colorful promoter who made Colorado a destination for the biggest names in music died Sunday.

Barry Fey was 73, according to The Denver Post.

The cause of death was not immediately available, but an unusually downtrodden Fey told The Denver Post last week that he was recovering from hip-replacement surgery.

Fey promoted tens of thousands of concerts and other events from the 1960s until he retired his Feyline corporation in the late-'90s.

He was friends with acts he promoted, a list that included the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, the Who, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and other big-time acts.

In 2011, Fey published a memoir called "Backstage Past" with forewords written by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and the Who's Pete Townshend.

"Barry was the first promoter to book Black Sabbath in 1971," Osbourne wrote. "He was the first one to believe in us."

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