Richard Perry dead: Music producer behind You’re so Vain song who worked with The Beatles dies at 82 from cardiac arrest

Record Producer Richard Perry has died aged 82

RICHARD Perry, the legendary music producer who worked with the legendary Beatles, has died at the age of 82.

Perry passed away on Tuesday in a Los Angeles hospital following cardiac arrest, according to his close friend Daphna Kastner.

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Record Producer Richard Perry has died aged 82Credit: Getty
Actress Jane Fonda and Richard Perry arrive at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in California

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Actress Jane Fonda and Richard Perry arrive at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in CaliforniaCredit: Getty

“He maximized his time here,” Kastner said, describing Perry as a “father friend” and the godfather to her son.

“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.”

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