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Stax Records Founder Jim Stewart Dead At 92

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Jim Stewart, the founder of the great Memphis soul label Stax Records, has died. Commercial Appeal reports that Stewart died yesterday. According to a statement from the Stax Museum Of American Soul Music, Stewart passed away “peacefully, surrounded by his family.” Stewart was 92.

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