Saving All My Love for You songwriter Gerry Goffin dies at 75 #TheElitePartyInJuly #Entertain9jar via @myentertain9jar

GERRY GOFFIN, who famously penned the Aretha Franklin track (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, has died.

Songwriter Gerry Goffin has died[GETTY]

The songwriter, who was born in Brooklyn, died age 75 yesterday of natural causes in his home in Beverly Hills.
Gerry co-wrote some of the biggest hit songs of the 1960s with his former wife and longtime collaborator Carole King - including The Loco-Motion and Up on the Roof.
Carole King announced her ex-husband's death on Facebook, explaining he was her "first love".

The star was married to Carole King and together they co-wrote many pop hits [GETTY]

Gerry is said to have died from natural causes in his Bervely Hills home [GETTY]

"Gerry Goffin was my first love.
"He had a profound impact on my life and the rest of the world... His words expressed what so many people were feeling but didn't know how to say."
Goffin met and married King in 1958 while attending Queens College; The couple were later hired by pop music producer Don Kirshner to write songs for his song publishing firm, Aldon Music.

He wrote (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman [GETTY]

The couple divorced in 1968 but they remained friends and were inducted together into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
In addition to the hits he wrote with King, Goffin teamed up with Michael Masser - the pair co-wrote Saving All My Love for You, a chart-topper for Whitney Houston.