Man who brought Beatles to America dies

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Sid Bernstein, the veteran entertainment impresario who helped usher in pop music’s British Invasion by bringing The Beatles to New York City for history-making concerts at Carnegie Hall and Shea Stadium, has died. He was 95.

Bernstein, who also organized shows for Tony Bennett, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, ABBA, Jimi Hendrix and countless other acts, died Wednesday of natural causes in New York, his longtime friend and publicist Merle Frimark announced.

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