NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - President and CEO of Warner Chappell Nashville, Ben Vaughn, has died, according to Billboard. He was 49. Billboard reports that Vaughn’s cause of death has not been released.
Ben Vaughn grew up in the Philadelphia area on the New Jersey side of the river. At age 6, his uncle gave him a Duane Eddy record and forever changed his life. In 1983, he formed the Ben Vaughn Combo.