Streisand made two LPs with Perry, who encouraged her embrace contemporary songs like Laura Nyro's "Stoney End"

Perry, who started out as a drummer, was behind hits by Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Tiny Tim and scores of other singing stars.

Richard Perry died on Dec. 24 from cardiac arrest at the age of 82. He was a well-known music producer who worked with stars like Barbra Streisand and Ringo Starr and was in a long-term relationship with actress Jane Fonda from 2009 until 2017.

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).