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

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.

Perry, who died on Christmas Eve, left behind a body of work with artists like Carly Simon and Rod Stewart that can be seen as a roadmap of Sixties, 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.

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).