Angela George · CC BY-SA 3.0

She co-wrote her first hit, "A Groovy Kind of Love," while still in high school, and went on to become one of pop's most sought-after lyricists, partnering with Marvin Hamlisch on the Bond theme "Nobody Does It Better" and, during her marriage to Burt Bacharach, on "That's What Friends Are For," which won the 1987 Grammy for Song of the Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and later co-wrote "The Prayer" with David Foster.