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Record producer Jerry Wexler, who influenced the careers of singers including Aretha Franklin n, Ray Charles and Bob Dylan , died on friday at age 91 at his home in Sarasota, FL, USA . The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son, Paul. Mr Wexler was partner with the late Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic Records. As a writer with the trade magazine, Billboard, he coined the term "rhythm and blues" in the late 1940s. He produced the hugely popular Aretha Franklin hit Respect , which was a re-working of an [...]