Legendary Beatles record producer Richard Perry dies on Christmas Eve aged 82
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Acclaimed record producer Richard Perry has died aged 82, with Sir Rod Stewart among those paying tribute. He was famous for working with The Beatles, having produced on Ringo Starr’s 1973 album, Ringo, to which all members of the Liverpool band contributed.
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This marked one of the closest things to a reunion the foursome had after their split. Perry is also credited on Carly Simon’s hit tune, You’re So Vain, and Sir Rod’s The Great American Songbook series. Taking to Instagram following the news of his death, Sir Rod wrote: ‘Dearest Richard, farewell, my dear buddy. They say in life a man is lucky if he can count his true friends on one hand, and you were certainly one of them.
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‘Now I’ve lost you, and I’m devastated. ‘We played and worked so closely together for so many years, creating some of the most memorable music together. ‘You were there when Penny and I first started dating, encouraging our relationship. ‘We are both in tears as I post this farewell.’.
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Perry died from cardiac arrest on Christmas Eve in a Los Angeles hospital, his friend Daphna Kastner confirmed. Reflecting on his life, she said: ‘He maximised his time here.’. She also described him as a ‘father friend,’ as Perry was the godfather to her son.
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‘He was generous, fun, sweet, and made the world a better place. ‘The world is a little less sweet without him here, but it’s a little sweeter in heaven.’. Perry first rose to prominence on the music scene in the late 1960s when he worked on Captain Beefheart’s Safe as Milk album.
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