FILE- This Feb. 6, 2009 file photo shows producer Pierre Cossette arriving at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Neil Diamond in Los Angeles. Cossette, the Canadian father of the modern Grammy Awards show, has died at a Montreal hospital. He was 85. His death was announced in Santa Monica, Calif. , late Friday by the Recording Academy. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

FILE- This Feb. 6, 2009 file photo shows producer Pierre Cossette arriving at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Neil Diamond in Los Angeles. Cossette, the Canadian father of the modern Grammy Awards show, has died at a Montreal hospital. He was 85. His death was announced in Santa Monica, Calif. , late Friday by the Recording Academy.

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