RIP Richard Sherman (the composer)

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Disney composer Richard M. Sherman has died at 95

Richard M. Sherman, the Academy Award-winning composer who was part of a songwriting team with his late brother, Robert, has died due to age-related illness at 95. The Sherman brothers wrote the scores for two dozen films, many for Disney — among them, Mary Poppins (for which they won two Oscars), The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Born in New York on June 12, 1928, he and his family moved to Beverly Hills, Calif., when Sherman was 9. His father, Al, was a popular songwriter and challenged Richard and his older brother to write together, Sherman remembered in 2005. "He sensed that Bob and I collaborating and pooling our wits could come up with something."

They had a top 10 hit in 1958, "Tall Paul," with Annette Funicello, which brought them to the attention of Walt Disney.


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