Carl D’Errico, 84, formerly of Philadelphia, acclaimed songwriter, composer, musician, and actor, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Bellevue Hospital in New York of complications after a fall.
A prolific songwriter and score composer for more than six decades, Mr. D’Errico wrote countless tunes, scored numerous hits and, along with lyricist Roger Atkins, penned the 1965 smash “It’s My Life.” Beginning in the 1960s, he teamed with Atkins, Neil Diamond, Gerry Goffin, Carole Bayer Sager, Estelle Levitt, Doc Pomus, and countless other writers to create music that was performed by such Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members as the Animals, Bruce Springsteen, Gene Pitney, the Yardbirds, and the Police.
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