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- Category: Television
- Unveiled: 07 Feb 2005
- Star rank: 2174
- Address:
6243 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 4 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101760, -118.325631
Pierre Cossette
Biography
The Recording Academy Jimmy Jam, Producer Pierre Cossette, Honorary Mayor of Hollywood Johnny Grant and President/CEO of The Recording Academy Neil Portnow unveil the “Award of Excellence” on Hollywood Boulevard November 29, 2007 in Hollywood, California.
Source: hollywoodchamber.net
Pierre Maurice Joseph Cossette (December 15, 1923 – September 11, 2009) was a television executive producer and Broadway producer who brought the Grammy Awards to television. Cossette produced the first television broadcast of the Grammy Awards in 1971.
Fact file
- Born: December 15, 1923
- Died: September 11, 2009 (Aged 85)
Read more about Pierre Cossette at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
In the news
Father of the Grammy Awards dies at 85
MSNBC Entertainment, 2009-09-13 23:07:27
Pierre Cossette, who founded the modern Grammy Awards and produced the globally televised music awards ceremony for 35 years, died of congestive heart failure at a Montreal hospital. He was 85.
Pierre Cossette, who Brought Grammys to TV, Dies at 85
NY Times Music, 2009-09-13 02:16:54
Pierre Cossette
Grammys producer Pierre Cossette dies
Variety, 2009-09-12 00:17:16
Music News: TV vet was considered 'Father of the Grammys' -- Story developing...
Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Argyle and Vine
Nearby you will also find Spring Byington, Linda Hopkins, Bette Davis, Theodore Bikel, Arthur Godfrey, Joshua Logan, Edward G. Robinson, Billy Joel, Kathleen Lockhart, and many others.