'Friends' theme songwriter dies aged 72

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Allee Willis, who wrote the theme song for the hit television show 'Friends', has died at age 72, her partner Prudence Fenton announced.

- as well as several hits by Earth, Wind and Fire, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018.

, and was nominated for another two decades later forWillis did not know how to play music, but learned to become a songwriter by listening to rhythms coming through the walls of Motown studios in Detroit, the city in which she grew up, according to the Times.

 

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