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Jones has also produced notable Broadway musicals such as '110 In The Shade'

Tom Jones, the lyricist, director and writer of "The Fantasticks," the longest-running musical in history, has died. He was 95.

Tom Jones, the lyricist, director and writer of “The Fantasticks,” the longest-running musical in history, has died. He was 95.

Tom Jones, the lyricist, director and writer of “The Fantasticks,” the longest-running musical in history, has died. He was 95.

Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for a modest musical called “The Fantasticks” that opened in 1960 in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood and ran for an astonishing 42 years, propelled in part by its wistful opening song, “Try to Remember,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Connecticut. He was 95.

Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the musical “The Fantasticks,” a show that ran for 42 years, died on Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 95 and passed from cancer, his son said. The Fantasticks opened in 1960 in Greenwich Village and is best remembered for its opening song, …

Occasionally vintage photos float to the surface on social media evoking a memory or two. (Can the 1970s legitimately be called “vintage?”)

Today is Sunday, July 9, the 190th day of 2023. This is today in history.

The Temptations nailed it in this 1970 song. What’s this world coming to? What’s happening to our country? These are the questions that everyone is asking. Who has the answer?

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later starred as Mingo in TVs Daniel Boone, has died at 95.