By Cynthia Charlene Greason

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

Richard Van Perry (June 18, 1942 – December 24, 2024) was an American record producer. He began as a performer in his adolescence while attending Poly Prep, his high school in Brooklyn. After graduating from college he rose through the late 1960s and early 1970s to become a successful and popular record producer with more than 12 gold records to his credit by 1982. From 1978 to 1983, he ran his own record label, Planet Records, which scored a string of hits with the main act on its roster, pop/R&B group The Pointer Sisters. After Planet’s sale to RCA Records, Perry continued his work in the music industry as an independent producer. With hit records stretching from the 1960s through the 2000s, his successful modern releases included albums by Rod Stewart and Carly Simon

Perry was married to actress Rebecca Broussard from 1987 to 1988. They had no children together.

Perry and Jane Fonda were in a relationship from 2009 to 2017.

Perry died at a hospital in Los Angeles, on December 24, 2024, from cardiac arrest at the age of 82. At the time of his death, he also had Parkinson’s disease.