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Former RCA and TriStar Music President Bob Buziak Dies at 83
Bob Buziak died on October 19 at age 83; no cause of death was announced.
He was a music executive who served as president of RCA Records and Sony’s TriStar Music Group.
Buziak became RCA president in 1986, after working at other record labels in the United States and the United Kingdom.
At RCA, he helped revive the label’s fortunes in the 1980s with albums by Bruce Hornsby, Eurythmics and Love and Rockets, and deals with independent labels.
The “Dirty Dancing” soundtracks brought RCA major hits, including “Hungry Eyes” and the Oscar- and Grammy-winning “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.”
After leaving RCA in 1990, Buziak led TriStar and later founded an entertainment company and a consulting firm.
Bob Buziak, former president of RCA Records and Sony’s TriStar Music Group, died on October 19 at age 83.
No cause of death was announced, a representative confirmed to Variety.
He was known for reviving RCA’s fortunes in the 1980s with hit albums and soundtracks.
Buziak became RCA president in 1986 and left the label in 1990 to lead Sony’s TriStar Music Group.
He later founded Chameleon Entertainment and launched a consulting company.
- Who
- Bob Buziak, former president of RCA Records and Sony’s TriStar Music Group.
- What
- He died at age 83. No cause of death was announced.
- When
- October 19; the year is not stated in the article’s account of his death.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Buziak left a job at Ford Motor Company to work in the music business.
He was named president of RCA Records.
He left RCA to become president of Sony’s TriStar Music Group.
He launched Buziak & Company LLC.
Buziak died at age 83.
- Age
- 83
- RCA presidency began
- 1986
- Left RCA
- 1990
- TriStar role
- President of Sony’s TriStar Music Group
- Consulting company
- Buziak & Company LLC, launched in 1995