Springsteen Biographer Dave Marsh Dies at 76

Marsh is born in Pontiac, Michigan, and grows up on Detroit's Motown, R&B and rock 'n' roll, according to Billboard.

He drops out of Wayne State University and becomes one of the first editors of Creem, working alongside critic Lester Bangs.

He leaves Creem to become music editor at Newsday, later landing at Rolling Stone as associate editor.

Marsh takes his friend Jon Landau to his first Springsteen concert and pushes him to write the "I Saw Rock and Roll Future" column in Boston's Real Paper.

He writes Rolling Stone's first Springsteen cover story.

Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story is published and becomes a New York Times bestseller. The same year he spearheads the first Rolling Stone Record Guide and marries Barbara Carr, later Springsteen's longtime co-manager, on Aug. 21 at a ceremony attended by Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Southside Johnny and Landau.

He launches the Rock & Roll Confidential newsletter, later renamed Rock & Rap Confidential.

Marsh shares a Grammy for best album notes for Aretha Franklin's Queen of Soul. On June 26 of that year he and Carr organize a Springsteen concert at Madison Square Garden to benefit the Kristen Ann Carr Fund, created after Carr's daughter Kristen died of sarcoma at 21. (Billboard dates her death to 1993; Rolling Stone puts it at 1991.)

Marsh joins SiriusXM, where he hosts Kick Out the Jams for 19 years along with Live from E Street Nation and Live from the Land of Hope and Dreams.

He steps away from hosting duties on E Street Radio, a channel he helped create.