LOS ANGELES — Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” in addition to the theme track from the TV present “Friends” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,” has died. She was 72. The explanation for demise Tuesday was a cardiac occasion, her publicist, Ellyn Solis, instructed The New York Times. The Times didn't specify the place she died, although she had been residing in Los Angeles. The Associated Press couldn't instantly attain Solis. Willis was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018 — greater than 30 years after she received a Grammy for co-writing Patti LaBelle’s “Stir It Up” for the soundtrack of “Beverly Hills Cop.” She was