Overview

• His daughter, Sarah, said he died Friday, Sept. 19, after a sudden illness and that she and his wife were with him at the end.
• Curtis wrote and performed Love Is All Around for The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970 after working from a brief treatment, later revising the lyrics for the second season.
• His catalog includes I Fought the Law, Walk Right Back, and More Than I Can Say, which became major hits for artists such as the Bobby Fuller Four, the Everly Brothers, and Leo Sayer.
• A Texas native and early Buddy Holly collaborator, he joined the Crickets in 1958, fronted the band after Holly’s death in 1959, and entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the group in 2012.
• Honors also include the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1991) and Nashville’s Musicians Hall of Fame (2007), and he is survived by his wife, Louise, and daughter, Sarah.