Will Jennings, an Oscar-winning publisher in the back of mega-hits like “My Heart Will Go On” from the film “Titanic” and “Tears in Heaven”, died on the hour of 80, his skill company showed to CBS Information.
“May his memory be a blessing,” Sam Schwartz with The Gorfaine/Schwartz Company, Inc., advised CBS Information on Sunday.
Negative reason behind demise used to be introduced, even if a couple of stories say he have been in poor health for once in a while.
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Jennings used to be born in Kilgore, Texas on June 27, 1944 — the youngest of 3 youngsters. Sooner than pursuing a profession in Hollywood, he used to be a schoolteacher at Tyler Teenager School in Tyler, Texas, and after at Austin Environment College, ahead of educating on the College of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for 3 years.
During his profession, the lyricist wrote for a lot of artists together with Steve Winwood, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Mariah Carey, Jimmy Buffet, Barry Manilow and Roy Orbison.
He won two Oscars for co-writing the enduring topics for “Titanic” — which used to be recorded by means of Celine Dion — and for “An Officer and a Gentleman” along Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
He received a Yellowish Globe for easiest untouched track and Grammys for report of the generation and track of the generation for “Tears in Heaven” — carried out by means of Clapton” — from the movie “Accelerate.”
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Jennings used to be inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Status in 2006.
Musician Peter Wolf paid tribute to the lyricist in a social media post, writing, “‘A Lot of Good Ones Gone’ … A sad time, the passing of Will Jennings, a maestro, brilliant mind and a gentle spirit. Will shared his talents with me, ever patient and generous, he was a treasured friend and teacher, enriching my life in so many ways. It was an enormous honor to have worked with such a musical genius for so many years …To quote one of his favorite poets, W.B Yeats,’Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.'”
Jennings is survived by means of his spouse, Carole, and his sisters, Joyce and Gloria.
