Rod Temperton: Thriller songwriter dies aged 66

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Rod Temperton: Thriller songwriter dies aged 66

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Rod Temperton, the British songwriter best known for Michael Jackson's Thriller and Rock With You, has died.

Temperton died in London last week at the age of 66 after "a brief aggressive battle with cancer", Jon Platt of Warner/Chappell music publishing said.

Temperton's other hits included Off The Wall and Baby Be Mine for Jackson and Boogie Nights for his band Heatwave.

"His family is devastated and request total privacy at this, the saddest of sad times," Mr Platt said.

Temperton, whose private funeral has taken place, was nicknamed The Invisible Man because of his low profile.

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Rod Temperton: Thriller songwriter dies aged 66 - BBC News

 

[#1 pick]

Top 3 songwriters of all time.
Wrote
Always and Forever
Groove Line
Off the wall
Rock with you my favorite Michael Jackson song
Thriller
And numerous other hits for Patti Austin, Michael McDonald and George Benson.

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

Wrote one of my Favorite Rufus/ Chaka songs.

R.I.P

 

[patscorpio]

damn RIP

 

[mastermind]

RIP to the legend.

 

[MufasaChoppa]

Real dope interview i heard a few months ago about how he came up in the music game , RIP breh

 

[aceboon]

The Heatwave work was my favorite of his, float to this shyt brehs

 

[lotteryplaya]

RIP saw this on Bomanis twitter

 

[Easy-E]

R.I.P.

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

R.I.P. to a legend

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Anything big in the 80s was prob made by him, such a legend, jheez it was basically my childhood

 

[Worthless Loser]

RIP Legend.

On a side note, anyone who had any involvement in Thriller is probably set for life. It don't matter if all you did was snap your fingers one time for a beat.