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Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic I Fought the Law and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Show has died at 88. Curtis was inducted into the Rock and …

Lamont Dozier, part of arguably the most successful songwriting team in pop music history at Motown Records and beyond, has died. He was 81. Dozier’s death was revealed in social media posts by his son Lamont Dozier Jr. as well as singer Ray Parker Jr., a longtime collaborator. A cause of …