'Friends' theme songwriter Allee Willis dies at 72

Allee Willis, songwriter who helped compose the theme song 'I'll Be There for You' for the sitcom 'Friends', has died aged 72, Variety reports. Willis also co-wrote the Earth, Wind & Fire hits 'September' and 'Boogie Wonderland', and has won Grammy Awards for the soundtrack for the film 'Beverly Hills Cop' and another for the musical 'The Color Purple'. Her hits have sold more than 60 million records around the world. Willis, a kitsch lover, lived in a light-pink house in Los Angeles known as Willis Wonderland, where she hosted large parties with A-list celebrities and gathered the objects she collected throughout her career, now cataloged online at the Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch.