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Will Jennings Dies: Oscar- And Grammy-Winning ‘My Heart Will Go On’ Co-Writer Was 80
Will Jennings, the two-time Oscar and Grammy-winning co-writer of the beloved Titanic theme, Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On,' has died at 80.
Born in Kilgore, Texas on June 27, 1944, Jennings began his Hollywood tenure with 1976’s The Commitment, teaming afterward with composer Richard Kerr to pen the Barry Manilow No. Jennings also wrote and had major hits with the likes of Whitney Houston (“Didn’t We Almost Have It All”), Dionne Warwick (“I’ll Never Love This Way Again”), Tim McGraw, Mariah Carey (“How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” along with “My Heart Will Go On” collaborator James Horner), B.B. Peter Wolf, former vocalist for The J. Geils Band and friend, wrote on social media in a tribute of the songwriter: “A Lot of Good Ones Gone’…A sad time, the passing of Will Jennings, a maestro, brilliant mind and a gentle spirit.
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