John Cossette (February 22, 1957 – April 26, 2011) was an American

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and

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known for his work on televised

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s, especially the television broadcasts of the Grammy Awards. Cossette's father, television producer

Pierre Cossette Pierre Maurice Joseph Cossette (December 15, 1923 – September 11, 2009) was a television executive producer and Broadway producer. Cossette produced the first television broadcast of the Grammy Awards in 1971. Cossette was inducted into Can ...

, was known as the "father of the Grammy Awards telecast." Pierre Cossette helmed the first televised broadcast of the Grammy Awards in 1971. John Cossette became the producer of the Grammy Awards following the departure of his father from the awards show. Cossette remained involved with the television broadcast of the Grammy Awards for more than twenty years, and also produced the

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show and the Grammy nominations concert. Most recently, Cossette worked as the executive producer of the

53rd Grammy Awards The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were broadcast on CBS with a rating of 26.6 million viewers. Barbra Streisand was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two nights pri ...

held on February 13, 2011. In 2009, Cossette began producing productions of the musical, ''

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'' in

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, on

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and in

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's West End. Cossette also produced awards show for the

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network,

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. His other producing credits include the reopening ceremony for Radio City Music Hall in

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in 1999. John Cossette died on April 26, 2011, at the age of 54. No cause of death was ever given. He was survived by his wife, Rita, and two daughters. His father,

, died in September 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cossette, John 1957 births 2011 deaths Television producers from California American theatre directors Grammy Awards Place of birth missing People from Los Angeles