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OBITUARY: Pierre Cossette Father of the Grammy Awards Telecast Dies

Pierre Cossette, the avuncular old-school talent agent, manager, music mogul and Broadway producer often called the father of the Grammy Awards telecast for persuading nervous TV executives to put "longhairs with high heels and makeup" on a live national broadcast in 1971, died Friday. He was 85. Cossette, who had suffered in recent years with congestive heart failure, died at Barrie Memorial Hospital in Montreal, not far from his family's summer home in St. Anicet...

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15:22 on September 14 2009

Grammys Visionary, Producer Pierre Cossette, Dead at 85

Rolling Stone — Pierre Cossette, the man responsible for bringing the Grammy Awards to television, passed away on September 11th at the age of 85 after suffering congestive heart failure... more info

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23:55 on September 13 2009