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FOG BLOG ENTERTAINMENT LOG: LAMONT DOZIER WHO WROTE NO 1 SONGS FOR 4 TOPS AND SUPREMES DIES AT 81!

Legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier dead at 81 Part of songwriting partnership that produced more than a dozen No. 1 hits for Supremes, Four Tops Lamont Dozier, part of arguably the most successful songwriting team in pop music history at Motown Records and beyond, has died. He was 81.

Dozier's death was revealed in social media posts by his son Lamont Dozier Jr.

Paul Lambert, who helped produce the stage musical The First Wives Club that Dozier wrote for, also confirmed the death to The Associated Press. The cause and date of his death was not given.

"Rest in Heavenly Peace, Dad!" Dozier Jr. posted on Instagram.

Dozier, along with Eddie and Brian Holland, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2009) after a career highlighted by dozens of chart hits, including a whopping 10 No. 1 pop singles for The Supremes, including Where Did Our Love Go, Baby Love, Come See About Me, Stop! In The Name of Love and You Can't Hurry Love.



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