Will Jennings, Oscar-winning co-writer of "My Heart Will Go On" and "Tears in Heaven," dies at 80

Will Jennings, an Oscar-winning writer behind mega-hits like "My Heart Will Go On" from the movie "Titanic" and "Tears in Heaven", died at the age of 80, his talent agency confirmed to CBS News.

"May his memory be a blessing," Sam Schwartz with The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc., told CBS News on Sunday.

No cause of death was announced, although multiple reports say he had been ill for some time.