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Merlin Littlefield Died

September 11, 2008 | People
Former ASCAP Executive Merlin Littlefield Dead at 65. Merlin Littlefield, a one-time music executive with non-profit performance rights organization ASCAP, succumbed to pancreatic cancer in Nashville on Tuesday at 65.

Littlefield, a graduate of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, worked in radio promotion in nearby Dallas after finishing school. His then took a job with RCA records in the same city, which found him working alongside Elvis Presley and Henry Mancini. During his 19-year tenure at ASCAP’s Nashville office, Littlefield signed many prominent acts, including Reba McEntire, George Strait, Gary Burr, and Lyle Lovett.
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