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The British Telegraph obituary claimed “Goffin’s marriage to Carole King eventually failed because of tensions between them, not least because (unlike her) he was neither a musician nor a singer. Matters were made worse by Goffin’s stammer, his infidelities and, from the mid-1960s, his increasing drug use.”


Despite this, Goffin continued to climb the charts with hit after hit, never letting his stammer hold him back. The famous music producer Don Kirshner said of Goffin, “Gerry was a bit introverted, but his lyrics did the talking for him.” Few people ever knew that Gerry was a person who stuttered; he obviously did not let stuttering hold him back in his brilliant music career.


On hearing of his death, Carole King said that Goffin was her "first love" and had a "profound impact" on her life.” She went on to say, "His words expressed what so many people were feeling but didn’t know how to say... Gerry was a good man and a dynamic force, whose words and creative influence will resonate for generations to come. Barry Goldberg, who wrote many later songs with Goffin, said "Gerry was one of the greatest lyricists of all time and my true soul brother."


1 Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era by Ken Emerson


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