{{Short description|American journalist and record industry executive (1963–2024)}} '''Jeremy Evan Tepper''' (November 18, 1963 – June 14, 2024) was an American musician, journalist, and record industry executive. The former frontman of the band World Famous Blue Jays, he founded the record label Diesel Only Records in 1990, along with Jay Sherman-Godfrey and Albert Caiati.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsiL49XFbnkC&pg=PT618 | title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Kingsbury, Paul | year=2004 | pages=618| isbn=978-0-19-984044-1 }}</ref> Along with Caiati, Tepper subsequently became the "head honcho" of Diesel Only.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nodepression.com/article/jeremy-tepper-products-when-producer-isnt-exactly-producer | title=Jeremy Tepper - By Products, When a producer isn't exactly a producer | work=No Depression | date=31 August 1996 | accessdate=26 April 2017 | author=Blackstock, Peter}}</ref> He was also the managing editor of the magazine ''Vending Times'' prior to 1992,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAU7_ejzzoYC&pg=PT32 | title=Keep on Truckin' | work=Spin | date=September 1992 | accessdate=26 April 2017 | author=Foege, Alec}}</ref> and later became the publisher and editor-in-chief of the jukebox industry trade journal ''Street Beat''.<ref name=nyt>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/06/style/laura-cantrell-jeremy-tepper.html | title=Laura Cantrell, Jeremy Tepper | work=The New York Times | date=6 July 1997 | accessdate=26 April 2017}}</ref> Prior to becoming format manager for Sirius Satellite Radio's Outlaw Country channel in 2004, he had also worked for CDuctive and eMusic.com, and had served as the editor of the ''Journal of Country Music'' and as a country music critic for ''Pulse!''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1428118/jeremy-tepper-to-manage-sirius-channel | title=Jeremy Tepper To Manage Sirius Channel | magazine=Billboard | date=24 September 2004 | accessdate=26 April 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Tepper was born in Poughkeepsie, New York.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/22/arts/music/jeremy-tepper-dead.html|title=Jeremy Tepper, SiriusXM’s Longtime Alt-Country Impresario, Dies at 60|first=Clay|last=Risen|publisher=The New York Times|date=June 22, 2024|accessdate=June 23, 2024}}</ref> He graduated from New York University. His father, Noel Tepper, was a lawyer in Poughkeepsie, New York, and his mother, Elly Tepper, was a third-grade teacher at Keolu Elementary School in Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii. In 1997, he married Laura Cantrell.<ref name=nyt/> With Cantrell, he had a daughter named Bella.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/laura-cantrell-on-juggling-music-and-motherhood-l8tn59xlcfm|title=Laura Cantrell on juggling music and motherhood|first=Tom|last=Bowden|work=The Times|date=April 21, 2008|accessdate=June 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name=familyanddeath /> He died after a heart attack on June 14, 2024, at the age of 60.<ref name=familyanddeath>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/jeremy-tepper-dead-program-director-siriusxs-outlaw-country-obituary-1235974484/|title=Jeremy Tepper Dies: Program Director Of SiriusXM's Outlaw Country Was 60|first=Bruce|last=Haring|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 15, 2024|accessdate=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{discogs artist|Jeremy Tepper}} * {{discogs artist|World Famous Blue Jays|name=World Famous Blue Jays}} * {{imdb name|0855324}} * {{imdb name|1804310|name=The World Famous Blue Jays}}
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