Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock 'n' roller who wrote the raw classic and posed the enduring question "Who can turn the world on with her smile?" as the writer-crooner of the theme song to has died at 88.

Curtis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Crickets in 2012. He died Friday, his wife of more than a half-century, Louise Curtis, confirmed to The Associated Press.

His daughter, Sarah Curtis, also posted on his Facebook page about his death.

"I'm heartbroken to tell you that my dad Sonny passed away yesterday after a sudden illness," she wrote in the post. "I'm so grateful that I was with him at the end, along with my mom. It was peaceful and he didn't suffer."

Her post said that her father "lived a more exceptional life than anyone I'd ever met. He made

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