Gerry Griffith, Music Executive Who Discovered Whitney Houston, Dies at 87

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Gerry Griffith, the former Arista Records A&R executive who discovered Whitney Houston and brought her to Clive Davis, has died at 87 after a five-year battle with dementia.

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