Tower Records Founder Russ Solomon Dies While Drinking Whiskey and Watching the Oscars at Age 92

Russ Solomon, the maverick entrepreneur who created an empire when he founded the music mega-chain Tower Records in 1960, died Sunday at the age of 92.
The retail mogul’s family told told the Sacramento Bee that he suffered an apparent heart attack in his California home while kicking back to watch the Academy Awards telecast — glass of whiskey in hand. 
“Ironically, he was giving his opinion of what someone was wearing that he thought was ugly, then askedPa