Richard Perry Dies: Music Producer Behind Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’ & Other Hits Was 82
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deadline.comRichard Perry, a music producer behind hits like Carly Simon‘s “You’re So Vain,” has died. He was 82. The record producer died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after suffering cardiac arrest.
Daphna Kastner, a friend of Perry, told AP she referred to him as a “father friend, adding, “He maximized his time here. 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 made a big name in the 1970s, producing for the likes of Barbara Streisand, Diana Ross, Art Garfunkel, Carly Simon, and Ringo Starr.
In the late 1970s, he started his own Planet Records label and signed acts like The Cretones, Pointer Sisters, and Billy Thermal, among many others.
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