Richard Perry, who produced Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain,' Rod Stewart's 'Great American Songbook' and Barbra Streisand's genre switch, dies at 82.

Producer Richard Perry, who died at 82 on Christmas Eve, left behind a musical legacy that can be seen as a roadmap of Seventies and Eighties pop.

Richard Perry's many successes included Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain" and a Ringo Starr album featuring all four Beatles.

Richard Perry, an iconic music producer behind hits like "You're So Vain," has died at 82. He worked with legends like Rod Stewart and Barbra Streisand.

We lost one of the greats this week, when producer Richard Perry died at age 82. Like such contemporary producers as Jack Antonoff, Finneas, Daniel Nigro and Greg Kurstin, Perry was almost as famous as the artists he worked with (at least among pop music obsessives).

Rod Stewart paid an emotional tribute to his 'dear buddy' Richard Perry after he passed away following a cardiac arrest on Christmas Eve