Hal David, Award-Winning Lyricist, is Dead at 91

Rob Hoerburger @ NYTimes Media - on 2/9/12

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The cause was a stroke, according to his wife, Eunice, who said he died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Mr. David, whose lyrics could be anguished pleas, wistful yearnings, sexy mash notes or wry musings and sometimes all four in the same song, was best known for the long strand of hits he and the composer Burt Bacharach wrote for Dionne Warwick. Read more