The Austin Statesman is reporting that Louis Meyers, one of the co-founders of South by Southwest—which started today in Central Texas—has died. Meyers was a booking agent and musician back in 1987 and launched the music festival with Roland Swenson, Louis Black and Nick Barbaro that year.
Swenson, currently SXSW's festival director, confirmed the news to the Statesman. The newspaper reported that he suffered a heart attack at his home in Austin last night; his age was not disclosed.
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