The Scottish-born executive worked with Radiohead, My Morning Jacket and St. Vincent across stints at Warner/Chappell, Chrysalis and his own indie publisher.

Kenny MacPherson at The Art Of Collaboration: Songwriters & Music Publishers Making Music & History Together at The GRAMMY Museum on Oct. 20, 2016 in Los Angeles. Rebecca Sapp/WireImage for The Recording Academy

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Kenny MacPherson , the longtime music publishing executive who co-founded independent publisher Big Deal Music , died Oct. 23 in Los Angeles. He was 71. No cause of death was given.

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Over nearly four decades, MacPherson became one of the most recognizable figures in music publishing , known for a sharp ear for left-of-center talent and a loyalty to the songwriters he signed. “Kenny was one of a kind,” Supertramp bassist Dougie Thomson, a friend of 50 years, told HITS Daily Double . Former Big Deal partner Jamie Cerreta, now president of Peermusic U.S.…