Music mogul Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records, dies aged 88

With A&M partner Herb Alpert, Moss was behind the success of the Carpenters, Cat Stevens and the Police, among hundreds of artists

Jerry Moss, a music industry mogul who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage to the heights of success with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters and hundreds of other performers, has died at 88.

Moss, inducted with Alpert into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, died on Wednesday at his home in Bel Air, California, according to a statement released by his family. He died of natural causes, his widow, Tina, told Associated Press.