Former Ramones manager and most recently a real estate agent "to the stars," Linda Stein, was found murdered yesterday. The character who shows Charlie Sheen apartments in the movie Wall Street was reportedly based on her, and Michael Gross published a profile on her in NY Mag in the early '90s. Mrs. Stein was also the ex-wife of music industry mogul Seymour Stein.
The NY Sun reports her body, which had "blunt impact injuries," was found inside of her 18th floor apartment at 965 Fifth Avenue (between 77th and 78th Streets) last night around 11pm. There was no sign of a forced entry, and the police have no suspects.
Her ex-husband Seymour Stein is the co-founder and president of Sire Records, the VP of Warner Bros. Records and a 1995 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. He is often credited with inventing the term "New Wave" to describe that genre, and Belle & Sebastian even wrote a tune for him.
