Sonny Curtis — the songwriter best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song and the frontman for Buddy Holly‘s band The Crickets — is dead at 88. On Saturday, September 20, Sonny’s daughter, ...

Sonny Curtis, who wrote the hit "I Fought the Law," as well as the theme song to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has died. He was 88 years old. I'm heartbroken to tell you that my dad Sonny passed away ...

Sonny Curtis, the frontman of Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets who wrote classic songs including the theme for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. He was 88. Curtis died Friday “after a sudden ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sonny Curtis, member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets and creator of ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ theme song, dies at 88.

Sonny Curtis, who wrote such classics as “I Fought the Law,” “Walk Right Back” and the theme for the “Mary Tyler Moore” show, “Love Is All Around,” died Friday after a sudden illness, according to a ...

A prolific singer and songwriter who got his start with Buddy Holly, he also wrote “I Fought the Law,” “Walk Right Back” and hundreds of other songs. By Michael S. Rosenwald Sonny Curtis, a prolific ...

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song ...

Sonny Curtis, the prolific songwriter behind “I Fought the Law” and The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song, died Friday at age 88. His wife Louise Curtis confirmed his death to the Associated Press, ...

Sonny Curtis, the prolific songwriter behind "I Fought the Law" and The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song, died Friday at age 88. His wife Louise Curtis confirmed his death to the Associated Press, ...