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David Mancuso, Legendary DJ and Nightlife Impresario, Dead at 72

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David Mancuso, a DJ and pioneer of ’70s-era New York’s revolutionary nightlife scene, has died, Billboard reports. The cause of death is unknown. Mancuso was 72.

In the early ’70s, Mancuso began hosting a series of weekly invite-only parties in his SoHo loft, which came to be known simply as “The Loft.” The club was responsible for…