Grammy, Emmy and Tony winning songwriter Allee Willis dies; composed Friends theme & September
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/allee-willis-dead-dies-songwriter-1203451705/
Songwriter Allee Willis, famous for her work with Earth, Wind & Fire as well as the Friends theme and the The Color Purple Broadway song score, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 72. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Prudence Fenton, the animator and producer who is described by a family friend as Willis partner and soulmate, was described as being in total shock over her best friends sudden death, which occurred just after 6 p.m.
Willis was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018 for a catalog that also included hits like the Pointer Sisters Neutron Dance, the Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfields What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Patti LaBelles Lead Me On, EWFs September and Boogie Wonderland and the theme from The Karate Kid, Youre the Best.
I, very thankfully, have a few songs that will not go away, Willis told the New York Times, but theyre schlepping along 900 others.
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