Original: Gerald "Jerry" Wexler (January 10, 1917 - August 15, 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer, and was regarded as one of the major record industry players behind music from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Simplified: Gerald "Jerry" Wexler (January 10, 1917 - August 15, 2008) was a music journalist who became a music producer, and was thought of as an important name in his field from the 1950s through the 1980s.