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Phil Ramone dies
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 2 April 2013
Veteran record producer Phil Ramone died on Saturday morning having been hospitalised in late February with an aortic aneurysm, his family have confirmed. He was 79.
Ramone won fourteen Grammys over his 50 year record industry career, working with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul Simon and Billy Joel along the way.
Amongst those to pay tribute over the weekend was fellow studio veteran Quincy Jones, who had collaborated with Ramone over the years. He said: “There aren’t enough words to express how heavy my heart is with the news of the passing of my dear friend and brother Phil Ramone. Phil was a collaborator in the studio and a friend in life for more than 50 years. I will miss him terribly”.
