helen callahan reports. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: he may have started out in an ohio ghetto, but womack wrote way out, right into the rock and roll hall of fame. over the past 50 years his ins influences from soul, r&b and pop are enormous. have valentino to the solo artist and as a collaborator with other musicians. he wrote for others, too, and found worldwide fame when he announced the rollingstones to record his stone "it's all over now." ♪ lifelong friend ronnie wood led the. tributes writing on twitter, the man who could make you cry when he sang brought tears to my eyes with his passing. and damon, recently worked with bobby womack wrote, i will see my brother in church. ♪ would it be you like the skies falling ♪ >> reporter: the pair famously played together, and bobby womack tested early on by drug addiction, and affected by cancer and alzheimer's and died at age 70. his musical legacy goes on. >> thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ]( >>> late news before we leave you tonight. the man suspected of orchestrating the 2012 attack in benghazi, libya, pleaded not guilty in federal c