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Goffin, Gerry

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Personal name headingGoffin, Gerry
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Birth date19390211
Death date20140619
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityPopular music
Profession or occupationLyricists
Found inPearls [SR] p1980: label (Gerry Goffin)
Grove music online, accessed Dec. 5, 2013 (Goffin, Gerry (Gerald); b. Brooklyn, NY, 11 Feb 1939; American lyricist)
New York Times, June 10, 2014 obit. dated June 19, 2014 (Gerry Goffin, who collaborated with Carole King to write some of the biggest hits of the 1960s, songs that endured through generations and became classics, including "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?," "Up on the Roof," "One Fine Day" and "The Loco-Motion," died on Thursday [June 19, 2014] at his home in Los Angeles. He was 74)
Associated languageeng