Cynthia Weil dead: Was legendary Brill Building songwriter
Cynthia Weil, one of the major pop songwriters to emerge from Manhattan’s Brill Building in the early 1960s, died on Thursday at her home in Beverly Hills. She was 82. Her daughter, Dr. Jenn Mann, confirmed Weil’s death. No cause of death was given.Weil spent nearly four decades writing hit singles that spanned a variety of genres, many of which turned into enduring standards. Most of these songs were written in partnership with Barry Mann, the fellow Brill Building songwriter Weil married in 1961, and who was at her…