Atlantic Records founder bequeaths £26m to Oxford University students

Ahmet Ertegun and widow, Mica, to fund graduate scholarships in biggest donation for humanities students in university's historyOxford University has announced a gift amounting to £26m from the late founder of Atlantic Records and his widow.Some of the fortune left by Ahmet Ertegun, who helped shape the careers of Led Zeppelin, John Coltrane, Eric Clapton, Ray Charles, and the Rolling Stones – to name a few – will go to a major new graduate scholarship programme and represents the biggest d...

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