Follow us Get news via Twitter Become a fan Join us on Facebook Subscribe Net News via RSS Phil Spector, Legendary Wall Of Sound Producer Turned Convicted Murderer, Dies At 81 January 17, 2021 at 9:51 AM (PT) Spector in 2000 (Photo Copyright John Mathew Smith -- See License In Body Of Story) PHIL SPECTOR, whose groundbreaking orchestral productions came to be known as the “Wall Of Sound,” and who later was sentenced to prison for second-degree murder for the death of actress LANA CLARKSON in 2003, died SATURDAY (1/16) at a hospital in central CALIFORNIA of what the CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION called natural causes but some reports indicate included complications from COVID-19. He was 81 and had been serving his sentence at the CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON HEALTH CARE FACILITY in STOCKTON, CA.