What happened to Seymour Stein?

American music executive, Seymour Stein has been reported dead. According to sources, he died of cancer. He was reported dead on Sunday, April 2, 2023. He was 80 years old at the time of death.

His daughter, and only daughter, Mandy Stein shared a heartfelt message after his death.

“I grew up surrounded by music, I didn’t have the most conventional upbringing, but I wouldn’t change my life and relationship with my father for anything, and he was a loving and caring grandfather who happily savored every moment of his three granddaughters. He gave me the ultimate soundtrack, as did his wicked sense of humor. I’m eternally grateful for every minute our family spent with him and for the music he brought into the world to positively impact the lives of so many people along the way,” his daughter, Mandy Stein said in a statement.

Stein was just 13 years old when he entered the music scene as a review writer for Billboard magazine. He worked at Cincinnati-based King Records in 1961. He also went to New York to work for Red Bird Records until 1966. In his mid-20s, he founded his own company, Sire Productions which soon became Sire Records, with producer-songwriter, Richard Gottehrer in Manhattan.