Remember when the duo hosted an afternoon show on 98.7 Kiss FM…They are also credited as co-writers on Amy Winehouse’s “Tears Dry On Their Own.” NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and others, died Monday at age 70, his former publicist said. Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown’s biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital, said publicist Liz Rosenberg, who was Ashford’s longtime … Continue reading Motown Songwriter Nick Ashford of Ashford & Simpson dies