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Condensed and rewritten from an internet article:

Terry Melcher, a record producer and songwriter has died. He was the son of actress Doris Day. he was 62. He died Friday night at his Beverly Hills home after a long battle with melanoma.

He aided the careers of Ry Cooder, the Byrds and the Beach Boys. He performed on the Beach Boys album "Pet Sounds."

Working with the Byrds, he produced their version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn, Turn, Turn."

Melcher also produced hit songs for Paul Revere and the Raiders and worked with Gram Parsons, the Mamas and the Papas, and Ry Cooder.

In the early 1960s, Melcher began singing as a solo act and later teamed up with future Beach Boy Bruce Johnston to form the group Bruce & Terry. They had several hits, then went on to form the Rip Chords, which recorded the song "Hey, Little Cobra."

He was the executive producer of his mother's show "The Doris Day Show" and co-produced "Doris Day's Best Friends."

Melcher also helped run his mother's charitable activities, including the Doris Day Animal Foundation.

I never knew he was Doris Day's son! Everytime I hear his name, I think of his Charles Manson connection.

I just thought of 60's music in general.

Bob, I wasn't familiar with his lengthy list of musical contributions, the first I heard of him was when they were investigating the case. I apologize if my bringing that topic up was in poor taste. Peter posted the complete article in the Announcements section.

It's pretty easy to make connections in the "music business" (at any level) and then later find out that some of those people are quite unsavory and/or dangerous.