Ray Cooper obituary

Ray Cooper, who has died aged 69 from complications associated with a rare neurological disorder, was one of the British music industry’s foremost executives of the past four decades.He began his career in 1972 packing vinyl records at Transatlantic Records, an independent British company, and rose to become joint president of Virgin Records America. His special talent lay in marketing, and for various labels he helped to develop and maintain the careers of U2, the Spice Girls, the Rolling