{{Short description|American record producer and musician (1922–2009)}} {{distinguish|Bob Keen|Bob Keene}} {{infobox people | image= OracleofDelFi.jpg | caption = Bob Keane's book about his life in the music industry | name = Bob Keane | birth_name = Robert Verrill Kuhn | birth_place =[[Manhattan Beach, California]], United States | birth_date = January 5, 1922 | death_date = November 28, 2009 (aged 87) | occupation = Musician, record producer, record label founder }} '''Robert Verrill Kuhn ''' (January 5, 1922 – November 28, 2009), professionally known as '''Bob Keane''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-keane-record-producer-who-kickstarted-the-careers-of-sam-cooke-frank-zappa-and-barry-white-1880948.html|title=Bob Keane: Record producer who kick-started the careers of Sam Cooke|date=28 January 2010|website=Independent.co.uk|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> and also sometimes known as '''Bob Keene''', was an American [[musician]], [[record producer|producer]] and the founder and owner of the [[record label]] [[Del-Fi Records]]. He was the producer and manager of [[Ritchie Valens]] and [[Pinoy]] star [[Josephine Roberto]], aka Banig.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-keene-mn0000065404/credits |title = Bob Keene {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic| website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
==Death== Keane was diagnosed with [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]] when he was 87, and died of [[kidney failure]] on November 28, 2009.<ref>[http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091130/LOCAL06/911309929/1002/LOCAL Del-Fi Records Founder Bob Keane, 87, Dies] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615153523/http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091130/LOCAL06/911309929/1002/LOCAL |date=June 15, 2011 }}, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', November 30, 2009.</ref>
==See also== *[[Keen Records]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090821000027/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobbyfullerfour/articles/story/6525866/delfis_keane_opens_door Del-Fi's Keane Opens Door], Colin Devenish, ''Rolling Stone'', on line, article dated September 28, 2004. *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p178325/biography|pure_url=yes}} Bob Keane] at [[Allmusic]] *[http://bsnpubs.com/la/delfi/keane.html Article on Keane's labels] {{Authority control}}
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