Fruin, who held the top job at two major labels and also had a stint running the BPI, leaves a wife and two children.  His funeral takes place on November 8 at Ruislip crematorium.

Fruin had a remarkable career. He started as an office boy at EMI in the mid-Forties and worked his way up through the company before taking on the managing director role at Polydor in 1970.  He left there in 1977 to work at WEA before quitting ...