(CNN)Best known for launching the 1970's all-girl punk rock band the Runaways, producer and manager Kim Fowley has died. He was 75. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kim Fowley," independent music publisher Peer Music announced on its website Thursday. "With a career in the music business spanning over fifty years, Fowley was a singularly unique figure in the realms of rock history." Fowley worked with a wide range of artists, including Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Modern Lovers, Blue Cheer, Kiss and Helen Reddy. But he will be remembered in the rock and roll history books for helping form the California punk band, the Runaways.
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Kim Fowley is perhaps best know for his work with "The Runaways"
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Joan Jett left the band and went onto success with her band "The Blackhearts"
That all-female group, which featured @placeholder, released four albums in the late 1970s.
@placeholder tweeted "Kim was a friend, he taught me so much.