UPDATE Wednesday morning, adding Paul McCartney’s tribute and more detail throughout. George Martin, a semi-retired producer of classical music recordings until he became “the Fifth Beatle” as producer on all of the legendary group’s studio albums and films during a career that spanned six decades, has died. He was 90. Ringo Starr confirmed Martin’s death in a tweet ton…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:00AM on March 9, 2016