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).

The recent death of music legend Richard Perry, best known for producing hit songs like Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” has sent shockwaves across the music world. Accordingly, fans have become curious about the circumstances surrounding his death with many fans wondering what the cause was.

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.