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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Robyn Stevens, 38, of Vacaville, and Nick Christie, 29, a Fairfield native from San Diego, take time away from their race walking training to participate in an Earth Day cleanup event. (Courtesy photo) 2 racers with Solano connections hoof it toward Olympics FAIRFIELD — Robyn Stevens has an eclectic list of idols, though two of them she must count herself among the millions who admire their talents and charisma. Stevens, 38, of Vacaville, was only 6 years old when she first saw Nadia Comăneci dazzle the world as a 14-year-old gymnast from Romania; and while tee...

Perry Botkin Jr., Composer Behind The Young and the Restless Theme, Dead at 87 People 1/25/2021 Grammy-winning TV and film composer Perry Botkin Jr. has died. He was 87. The music maker died on Monday, his longtime friend John Scheinfeld (writer of The Happy Days of Garry Marshall) confirmed on Facebook. "Today I share the news that the man who discovered Harry [Nilsson] and signed him to his first publishing contract, a gentleman and gentle-man named Perry Botkin, passed away," he wrote. "Perry was a magnificently talented composer, arranger, producer and storyteller, perhaps best known...

Botkin Jr. was also behind popular theme songs for '70s sitcom Mork & Mindy and The ABC Sunday Night Movie weekly program. Throughout his decades-long career, Botkin Jr. composed several recognizable commercial tunes for brands including American Airlines, Baskin-Robbins, Busch Light Beer, Chevron and Mattel. Though he was born in New York on April 16, 1933, the hitmaker was raised in Los Angeles after his family moved to The City of Angels soon after his birth. Botkin Jr. began developing his musical abilities in high school, where he played the trombone as part of a student jazz quartet (...

Quark. The Young and the Restless was retitled "Nadia's Theme" when ABC's  Wide World of Sports used it in a montage during the 1976 Summer Olympics, where the Romanian Comăneci, then 14, scored several perfect 10s en route to three gold medals. The track earned Botkin a Grammy for best instrumental arrangement in 1977. Also among his credits were "Wichita Lineman," a big hit for Glen Campbell, and  "Rhythm of the Rain," which The Cascades took to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. He scored such films as They Only Kill Their Masters (1972),  Skyjacked (1972),  Tarzan the Ape M...

Perry Botkin Jr., the composer behind "The Young and the Restless" theme song, died on Monday at the age of 87.