Mario Kaminsky, Legendary Argentine Industry Executive, Dead at 87

Mario Kaminsky, the legendary and enterprising Argentine music executive who founded and led one of the country’s most successful record labels, Microfón, died Feb. 1 after a prolonged illness. He was 87.
Kaminsky, who was also a founding member of Argentina’s record industry association, CAPIF (Argentine Chamber of Phonogram and Videogram Producers), founded Microfón in 1955. He helmed the company until it was sold to Sony in 1995, signing iconic Argentine acts like Al