Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78

Updated September 30 2020 - 4:26pm, first published 4:20pm
Mac Davis, pictured with his wife Lise Kristen Gerard at 2015's Nashville Country Awards, has died.
Mac Davis, pictured with his wife Lise Kristen Gerard at 2015's Nashville Country Awards, has died.

Mac Davis, the US singer-songwriter who wrote hits for Elvis Presley and parlayed a successful pop and country career into a network TV variety show, has died. He was 78.