Academy Award-winning Jewish American songwriter Richard M. Sherman, one of the creative geniuses behind some of Walt Disney's most iconic and timeless songs, died on Saturday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills "due to age-related illness," the Walt Disney Company announced. He was 95 years old. The Walt Disney Company described Sherman as
Richard M. Sherman half of the Sherman Brothers songwriting duo responsible for some of the biggest Disney hits ever has died . according to the Walt Disney Company.
(Reuters) -Richard Sherman, 95, a man behind famed Disney songs that delighted generations, such as "It's a Small World (After all)" and Mary Poppins' songs "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and "Spoon full of Sugar" died on Saturday, the Walt Disney Co announced on its website.
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