[ATTACH=CONFIG]194416.vB5-legacyid=1062[/ATTACH]Heard it moments ago that he succumbed to pancreatic cancer. sad, sad news.
From the [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nichols_%28recording_engineer%29″]Wikipedia[/URL] page:
[B]Roger S. Nichols[/B] (September 22, 1944 – April 9, 2011) was an [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States”]American[/URL] seven-time [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award”]Grammy Award[/URL]-winning [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_engineering”]recording engineer[/URL] and [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer”]producer[/URL].
Nichols was best known for his work with the group [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely_Dan”]Steely Dan[/URL] and [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver”]John Denver[/URL], but his work includes numerous major music acts including the [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Boys”]Beach Boys[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder”]Stevie Wonder[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa”]Frank Zappa[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby_Stills_%26_Nash”]Crosby Stills & Nash[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Di_Meola”]Al Di Meola[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Orbison”]Roy Orbison[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Elliot”]Cass Elliot[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo”]Plácido Domingo[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Estefan”]Gloria Estefan[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross”]Diana Ross[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Fleck_%26_the_Flecktones”]Bela Fleck & the Flecktones[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickie_Lee_Jones”]Rickie Lee Jones[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Loggins”]Kenny Loggins[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler”]Mark Knopfler[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy”]Eddie Murphy[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDonald_%28singer%29″]Michael McDonald[/URL], [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor”]James Taylor[/URL], and [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_Thielemans”]Toots Thielemans[/URL], among others. In 2006 Nichols’ work was formally recognized by The Recording Academy (Grammys) Producers and Engineers Wing.
In May 2010 Nichols was diagnosed with stage 4 [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer”]pancreatic cancer[/URL]. Nichols died at home from his illness surrounded by his family and friends.
