Rupert Hine Dies: Producer For Tina Turner, Rush And Contributor To Many Soundtracks Was 72

’s 1984 comeback album Private Dancer and a host of other big names, has died. He was 72, but no details were given in the announcement by the Ivors Academy of Music Creators, where he was a board member.

Hine was a dominant producer in the 1980s and 1990s, working with Tina Turner, Rush, Stevie Nicks, the Thompson Twins, Bob Geldof, the Fixx, Suzanne Vega and Howard Jones, among others. Hine was born on September 21, 1947 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England. He started his career as a member of the folk duo Rupert & David. He then went on to a career that included time with British group Quantum Jump. He went to producing, but later revived his solo music career.The Addams FamilyHoward Jones said on Twitter that Hine was an “extraordinary man and one of my dearest longtime friends, my music mentor and producer, passed away in the early hours of this morning.

which marked her first big success after her 1978 divorce from Ike Turner. Hine produced the Grammy-winning singleHe later worked with Turner on her albums

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