''For the American diplomat see List of ambassadors of the United States to Germany'' Alan Meltzer (1944 – October 31, 2011) was an American businessman and

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player who founded

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along with his ex-wife Diana Meltzer.

Record company

Meltzer owned Titus Oaks Records, four record stores in New York and

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, that expanded into CD One Stop, one of the largest wholesale distributors of CDs in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1997, he purchased Grass Records with his wife Diana Meltzer and started Wind-up Records. This record label was credited with the success of

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, and

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Poker

Meltzer was a poker enthusiast who made multiple appearances on televised poker shows including on GSN's '' High Stakes Poker'' and Full Tilt Poker's '' Poker After Dark''.

Death

Meltzer died on October 31, 2011 at the age of 67. He left a $1.5 million inheritance to his doorman and driver.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meltzer, Alan 1944 births 2011 deaths American music industry executives American poker players