Bob Crewe, R. I. P.

Examiner.com: Bob Crewe, who was the songwriter and record producer responsible for many of the 1960s hits by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, died on Tuesday at the age of 83, according to WFJA radio station’s web site on Thursday. Confirmed by Crewe’s brother, Danny, he passed away peacefully in Scarborough, Maine. Crewe became well-known again in recent years as a real-life character in the Broadway hit “Jersey Boys” which was the story about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons which was turned into a motion picture.