Infamous record label owner Allen Klein, who at one time controlled music from such rock luminaries as the Rolling Stones, managed the Beatles, and represented the Animals, Herman's Hermits, Bobby Womack, the Kinks, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell and others, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said. He was 77.

CompuServe Classic, the initial on-ramp to the information superhighway for a generation of Americans, has died. It was 30 years old. Cause of death was the rise of broadband and the World Wide Web.

CompuServe's current owner, AOL, confirmed the passing. In a message sent to subscribers, the company urged customers still dependent on cheap dial-up services to move to a surviving version, CompuServe 2000.

Mark A. Mandala, the former president of ABC TV Network, died Saturday, while playing golf near his home in Vermont. He was 72.

Mandala joined ABC in 1962, working both in sales and management positions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. In 1983, he was promoted to president of the ABC Owned Television Stations division, and in 1986 he was promoted to president of the network.He retired in 1994.