Hal David, whose simple, heartfelt lyrics made a perfect fit with Burt Bacharach’s quirky melodies and resulted in dozens of hit songs, including Do You Know The Way To San Jose and Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, has died at 91.

David died in Los Angeles on Saturday of complications from a stroke, his wife Eunice said. He had suffered a major stroke in March and was stricken again on Tuesday, she said.

“Even at the end, Hal always had a song in his head,” she said. “He was always writing notes or asking me to take a note down, so he wouldn’t forget a lyric.”

Singer Smokey Robinson praised David’s musical legacy. “I hope that the music world will join together in celebrating the life of one of our greatest composers ever,” he said.

David and Bacharach won an Oscar for Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head from the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Grammys and Tonys for the songs from the hit Broadway musical Promises, Promises, as well as other top 40 hits including Close to You and That’s What Friends Are For.

Many of the duo’s lyrics and tunes continue to resonate in pop culture, including I Say A Little Prayer, What the World Needs Now Is Love and This Guy’s In Love With You.

Their music was recorded by legendary singers including The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond and their long-time partner Dionne Warwick.

David joined the board of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1974 and was its president from 1980 to 1986.

He was head of the Songwriters Hall of Fame from 2001 to 2011 and was chairman emeritus at his death.