A heartbroken Sir Rod Stewart has paid a touching tribute to his friend Richard Perry, who passed away at the age of 82. The music producer, who had worked with both Rod and The Beatles, died in a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest.

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

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).