Ian Wright, the CEO of independent music group Reverb Music, which included artist management agency XL Talent, passed away on Monday after suffering from a stroke that occurred after complications from cancer treatment.
Wright had enjoyed a long career in the live and management sectors, co-founding agency and tour promoter TBA International in the early eighties, before later launching management firm XL Talent in 1987. In 1991 he added to his group of companies by setting up Reverb Music and Reverb Records.
A spokesman for the Reverb Music group said yesterday: "It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing on Monday of our friend and colleague Ian Wright. Funeral arrangements are yet to be finalised. However the family are requesting no flowers, and instead please make any donations to either the emergency Stroke Unit at the hospital which cared for Ian, or to Cancer Research. Reverb Music and XL Talent would like to thank everyone for all their kind thoughts and messages of condolence".