Grammy-winning songwriter Cynthia Weil passes away at 82.
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Cynthia Weil, the Grammy-winning Songwriters Hall of Fame member who co-wrote hits like "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "On Broadway" with her husband and Brill Building colleague Barry Mann, has died at the age of 82. Weil was part of the top "Brill Building" songwriters that came out of the Midtown Manhattan building of the same name and spawned hundreds of hits throughout the 1960s. She and Mann also worked with other writers, and their songs have been used in recent films and TV shows. Weil was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and later received the organization's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award.
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