Music producer who worked with Ringo Starr, Barbra Streisand and Rod Stewart, dies
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Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer who worked with Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr and the Beatles, has died aged 82. Perry, a recipient of a Grammys Trustee Award in 2015, died on Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering cardiac arrest, friend Daphna Kastner said.
"He maximised his time here," said Ms Kastner, who called him a "father friend" and said he was godfather to her son. "He was generous, fun, sweet and made the world a better place. The world is a little less sweeter without him here. But it's a little bit sweeter in heaven.".
Perry, who dated celebrities such as Jane Fonda and Elizabeth Taylor, was widely known as a "musician's producer". Singers turned to him for a variety of reasons, including to try to update their sound, as in Barbra Streisand's case, or to revive their career, like for Fats Domino.
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