The Canadian artist also wrote for Cher, Emmylou Harris and Chet Atkins
Shirley Eikhard, the Canadian songwriter who penned Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning “Something to Talk About, has died, the AP reports. She was 67.
According to her publicist Eric Alper, Eikhard passed away Thursday in Orangeville, Ontario, due to complications from cancer.
In addition to Raitt’s 1991 hit, Eikhard wrote for a number of country and pop musicians, including Cher, Emmylou Harris, Chet Atkins and Anne Murray.
“I’m deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my friend Shirley Eikhard, the wonderful Canadian singer/songwriter who wrote my hit song, ‘Something to Talk About.
