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As a songwriter, rapper, producer and record label impresario, Combs - formerly known as Puff Daddy - was one of the driving forces in hip-hop and R&B in the 1990s.

The evening news experiment with Reasoner was a short-lived disaster, but Walters found a supporter in Roone Arledge, the ABC Sports impresario who took over the news division and had an appreciation for showmanship.

Two years later, R&B impresario Clive Davis handed him a label to run, and soon Bad Boy Records dominated radio airplay.

A forensic expert, three police officers and a music impresario have been jailed for covering up the 2015 murder of Venezuelan rapper Canserbero.

Michaels, meanwhile, has made cameos as himself throughout his run on “SNL,” in sketches playing off his image as the show’s wise impresario.