Sonny Curtis Dead: ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Theme Song Performer Was 88

Sonny Curtis, the singer and guitarist who played with Buddy Holly, fronted The Crickets and wrote and performed “Love Is All Around,” the indelible theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show , has died. He was 88.

Curtis died Friday after a “sudden illness,” his daughter, Sarah, announced on Facebook.

Curtis also wrote the rebellious “I Fought the Law” in 1958 and recorded it with The Crickets following the death of Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (“The Big Bopper”) and pilot Roger Peterson in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959.

Sonny Curtis, the singer and guitarist who played with Buddy Holly, fronted The Crickets and wrote and performed “Love Is All Around,” the indelible theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show , has died. He was 88.

Curtis died Friday after a “sudden illnes