Los Angeles (CNN) -- Innovative music producer Phil Ramone, whose work with the major artists of the modern era won him 14 Grammys and prompted the nickname "Pope of Pop, " died Saturday morning in a New York hospital, his son, Matt, told CNN.

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Although Pope Benedict has criticised many aspects of modern pop culture, he now allows the newspaper of the tiny independent Vatican state to reflect the reality of the world outside in a way that would have been unthinkable in the days of Pope Paul VI who reigned during heyday of The Beatles.

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While initially dismissive of the genre, Pope says now that she sees many similarities between it and her more familiar pop-rock.

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