Chuck La Vallee, Former William Morris Agent and Stubhub Executive, Dies at 56
(WorldNews Music)

La Vallee had worked as a manager, major agent and most recently was the head of music partnerships at StubHub. Longtime music industry professional Chuck La Vallee died Friday after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 56. La Vallee had worked as a manager, major agent and most recently was the head of music partnerships at StubHub, a company he joined in 2006. La Valle's life in music is a story of beating the odds -- his niece Cassidy La Vallee described Chuck's early life as painful, saying he was a "teenage runaway and heroin addict at 12," in a beautifully written piece on GoFundMe. La Vallee spent "five years living on the streets,...