Gardner was a major force in artist management, TV production and Las Vegas residencies.
During a three-decade stint at SJM Concerts, the executive promoted artists including Oasis, Foo Fighters, Green Day, The Chemical Brothers and Lily Allen.
His band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Cream's Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce, Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Peter Green, and more.
From power-pop to ballads; from pop/soul to country, Fuller's songs defied easy categorization.
Fakir, who co-founded The Four Tops in 1953, had been in poor health, most recently fighting bladder cancer.
"High Energy" topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week and reached No. 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984.
Newhart didn't win a Primetime Emmy in competition until he was 83. How can that be?
A former accountant, he became an overnight sensation with the release of a 1960 live comedy album, then starred in a pair of fabled CBS sitcoms.
Regaon also co-founded the a cappella group the Freedom Singers, who were part of the 1960s civil rights protest group the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC).
His album Reach rode the Billboard 200 for 40 weeks.
