On May 25th, NAMM‘s Dan Del Fiorentino contacted us with the following sad news:
Today I learned of the passing of our friend Dick Knaub. His son informed me that Dick passed away on April 1.
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Dick served as president of the Rico Reed Corp. during the 1970s. He oversaw the reed manufacturer’s expansion into magazine advertisements and the company’s return to industry events such as the NAMM show. Dick was a proud supporter of the American Music Conference and served as president of the board in the 1990s when the NAMM Board agreed to oversee the main operation of AMC.
To view a clip from Dick Knaub’s Oral History interview, click here: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/dick-knaub
