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Born July 12, 1895 • New York City • New York
Died August 23, 1960 (aged 65) • Pennsylvania
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Grammy Award (1960) • Academy Award (1946) • Academy Award (1942)
Notable Works “Carousel” • “Oklahoma!” • “Ol’ Man River” • “Rose Marie” • “Show Boat” • “South Pacific” • “The Desert Song” • “The King and I” • “The Last Time I Saw Paris” • “The Sound of Music”

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Frank Loesser
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin
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Harold Arlen
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Jerome Kern
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Barbra Streisand
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Alan Jay Lerner
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Johnny Mercer.
Johnny Mercer
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Marvin Hamlisch.
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A.R. Rahman
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Alan Menken
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