He teamed with Italian composer Giorgio Moroder after fixing the brakes on his Ferrari, and the pair would share an Oscar. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Tom Whitlock, who wrote the lyrics for the rock ...

Tom Whitlock, who co-wrote two songs that helped elevate the 1986 movie "Top Gun" into a pop culture phenomenon, died Saturday in Gallatin, Tennessee. He was 68. His death was confirmed by ...

Whitlock and composer Giorgio Moroder created five songs together for Top Gun. Throughout his career, Whitlock also wrote songs that were performed by Bonnie Tyler, Ray Charles, and Graham Nash. He is ...

Tom Whitlock, who won a Best Song Oscar for co-writing the No. 1 smash ‘Take My Breath Away’ from Top Gun and also wrote the film’s other hit single “Danger Zone,” has died. He was 68. Gorman-Scharpf ...

Tom Whitlock, who wrote the lyrics for the rock anthem “Danger Zone” and the chart-topping love song “Take My Breath Away” for the original Top Gun, winning an Oscar in the process, has died. He was ...

Tom Whitlock, the songwriter and lyricist whose credits include “Danger Zone” and “Take My Breath Away” from the movie Top Gun, has died at the age of 68. Whitlock’s death was confirmed by ...

Tom Whitlock, the Oscar-winning songwriter who co-wrote the lyrics for “Danger Zone” and “Take My Breath Away” for the 1986 film Top Gun, died on Feb. 19. He was 68. No cause of death was revealed, ...