or fills. It was almost a jazz concept from the standpoint that a lot of it is in their head. If you listen to Hank Garland, you won't hear the same lick twice." Porter's fourth wife, Mary, died while he was teaching in St. Louis. In 2004 he met Carole Smith, a native of Ogden, Utah, and he moved his belongings, including thousands of records, to Ogden in 2006 to be with her. The two married in 2006. Porter's health declined from Alzheimer's disease, and he died in a hospice near Ogden on July 7, 2010, at the age of 79. He was survived by his wife Carole, a brother and a sister, his children Nancy, a retired professor, and Gene, a prominent Las Vegas attorney and politician, and his grandchildren Sam, Marcie, Chandelle, and Weston Porter. Top tens These songs engineered by Porter placed in the top ten in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart: References Footnotes Bibliography External links Bill Porter talks to Michael Fremer (1987) 1931 births 2010 deaths American audio engineers Grammy Award winners People from St. Louis People from Las Vegas People from the Las Vegas Valley University of Colorado Denver faculty Webster University faculty Audio production engineers