Tony Wilson Live Forever

• 11th Aug 2007

Tony Wilson founder of the record label Factory Records and the Haçienda nightclub in Manchester has died aged 57.

Wilson's impact on the Manchester music scene was of huge importance. The man behind the label that boasted bands such as Happy Mondays and New Order.

Wilson died of a heart attack in Manchester's Christie Hospital on 10 August, due to complications arising from kidney cancer, he had been battling the disease for some time.

source bbc.co.uk