Hal David, the pop, movie and musical theatre lyricist who wrote words to composer Burt Bacharach's music in the Broadway musical Promises, Promises — and for a slew of hit songs — died Sept. 1 of complications from a stroke, his wife Eunice David announced. He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:26PM on September 1, 2012