13, 2014, due to complications from renal failure, aged 75, in Petersburg, Virginia. Before his death, Thau reported that he was working on a memoir titled Rockin' The Bowery (From the New York Dolls to Suicide), previewed in Rocker Magazine in the fall of 2011. A second excerpt, about his experiences with Suicide during their first European tour, was published in Sensitive Skin magazine in December, 2012. References External links Marty Thau, Manager of New York Dolls and Founder of Red Star Records, Dead at 75 Billboard obituary #1, Feb 17 2014 New York Dolls Manager Marty Thau Dies Billboard obituary #2, Feb 17 2014 1938 births 2014 deaths Record producers from New York (state) American music managers A&R people Deaths from kidney failure Businesspeople from New York City New York University alumni 20th-century American businesspeople