Overview
- Steinberg died Feb. 16 at his home in Brentwood, California, with his lawyer Laurie Soriano confirming cancer as the cause.
- As the lyricist in a long-running partnership with Tom Kelly, he co-wrote five Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles, including Like a Virgin, True Colors, So Emotional, Eternal Flame, and Alone.
- His catalog also featured I’ll Stand by You, I Touch Myself, and I Drove All Night, the latter recorded by both Cyndi Lauper and Roy Orbison.
- He earned a 1997 Grammy for work on Celine Dion’s album Falling Into You and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011.
- He began as a performer with Billy Thermal and i-Ten and is survived by his wife, Trina, and sons, Ezra and Max.