Ammon News - Will Jennings, the co-writer of smash hits such as Steve Winwood’s Higher Love and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On, has died at the age of 80, according to multiple US media reports.

Jennings died in his Texan home, his caregiver told the Hollywood Reporter. A cause of death was not identified.

In a career spanning five decades, the man from the small town of Kilgore, Texas, began his Hollywood career in 1976, and in 1977 teamed up with composer Richard Kerr to write Barry Manilow’s Looks Like We Made It.

The pair reunited for the artist’s top 10 hit, Somewhere in the Night, two years later.

Jennings went on to write for a number of legendary artists, including B.B. King, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Jimmy Buffett and Roy Orbison.

During his career, Jennings collaborated on a range of songs for film soundtracks, bringing him acclaim in the process.

BBC