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Jon Zazula, co-founder of Metallica’s first label Megaforce dead at 69 one year after wife’s cancer death
METALLICA label co-founder Jon Zazula died on Tuesday at age 69, according to Rolling Stone.
His wife Marsha, who co-founded Megaforce Records with him, died nearly one year prior.
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Jon’s daughter Rikki confirmed his death in a Facebook post.
Memorializing her father, she wrote: “Our Dad lived a life as fast, hard, heavy, powerful, and impactful as the music he brought to the world.
“His passion fueled the careers of arguably the most influential metal bands and industry greats of a generation.”
She continued: “Your [legacy] will live on forever, not only in us and your grandchildren, but, in every headbanger on this planet for all of eternity!”
Jon and his wife founded Megaforce. in1982.
The pair were well-known in the East Coast music community, according to Rolling Stone.
They owned and operated a record store in East Brunswick, New Jersey for many years.
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According to Rolling Stone, Jon and his wife were inspired after hearing Metallica’s demo collection, No Life ‘Til Leather.
