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"Writer and singer Alan O&amp;#039;Day has died, aged 72. The musician - who wrote hits for the likes of The Righteous Brothers and Cher - lost his fight with cancer on Friday (May 17), his record label confirmed.  He passed away at his home in Westwood, California, with family members and friends by his side. &amp;quot;Alan continued to write and perform until his last days,&amp;quot; a statement from 1st Phase Records said. &amp;quot;Alan was a generous man who gave his heart and soul to the music industry.&amp;quot; O&amp;#039;Day wrote &amp;#039;Train of Thought&amp;#039; by Cher, &amp;#039;Rock and Roll Heaven&amp;#039; by The Righteous Brothers and 1974 US number one &amp;#039;Angel Baby&amp;#039; by Helen Reddy, amongst others. He later reached number one himself in 1977 with &amp;#039;Undercover Angel&amp;#039;. Joining up with Janis Liebhart, he went on to co-write many songs for the Muppet Babies cartoon series. Tom Jones, Johnny Mathis, the 5th Dimension, Dusty Springfield, Tony Orlando, Three Dog Night and Paul Anka have also recorded his songs. O&amp;#039;Day is survived by his wife Yuka. Listen to &amp;#039;Undercover Angel&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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