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Will Jennings Courtesy of Songwriters Hall of Fame
Will Jennings, the Oscar- and Grammy- winning co-writer of Titanic‘s “My Heart Will Go On” and various other hit tunes by Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Whitney Houston, has actually passed away. He was 80.
The super star lyricist died Friday (Sept 6) at his home in Tyler, Texas, his caretaker Martha Sherrod verified toThe Hollywood Reporter A reason of fatality was not given, yet Jennings had actually been experiencing wellness concerns recently.
“A sad time, the passing of Will Jennings, a maestro, brilliant mind and a gentle spirit. It was an enormous honor to have worked with such a musical genius,” previous J. Geils Band vocalist Peter Wolf, that teamed up with Jennings, wrote on X (previously Twitter)Saturday
During his occupation, the Songwriters Hall conscript co-wrote 6 tunes that got toNo 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 graph: Barry Manilow’s “Looks Like We Made It” (1977 ); Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes’ “Up Where We Belong” (1982 ); Winwood’s “Higher Love” (1986 ); Houston’s “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” (1987 ); Winwood’s “Roll With It” (1988 ); and Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” (1998 ).
Jennings additionally teamed up with Clapton on “Tears in Heaven,” which struckNo 2 on the Hot 100 and covered Billboard‘s Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks in 1992. The tribute to Clapton’ s late kid additionally gained both a track of the year prize at the 35th yearly Grammy Awards.
Jennings won finest initial track at the Academy Awards in 1983 for co-writing An Officer and a Gentleman‘s “Up Where We Belong” together with Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie He took home the exact same honor in 1998 for the Titanic traditional “My Heart Will Go On,” which he wrote-wrote with authorJames Horner The Dion- sung ballad additionally won a Grammy for track of the year.
Jennings was birthed in Kilgore, Texas, in 1944. Before flourishing in songwriting, he was a teacher at Tyler Junior College and later on Austin State University, prior to showing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire His résumé additionally consists of music cooperations with super stars like B.B. King, Mariah Carey, Jimmy Buffett and Roy Orbison.
Jennings is endured by his other half, Carole, and his siblings, Joyce and Gloria.
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