dead Richard M. Sherman

[Summer in Transylvania 2,157]

Richard M. Sherman, one of the incredibly prolific songwriting duo "The Sherman Brothers" (alongside his late older brother Robert, who passed away aged 86 in 2012) is 95 in June is definitely thread-worthy. With his brother he wrote "It's a small world (after all)", which is allegedly the most publicly-performed song of all time, as well as songs for Mary Poppins (such as "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and "Chim Chim Cher-ee", the latter of which won them an Oscar), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Charlotte's Web, among a vast many others. He is definitely DL-level famous, and, at 94, old enough to start being considered for the main list. 

 

Intriguing fact: He attended Beverly Hills High School at the same time as noted German-American musician Andrew Preview, or André Previn, who duetted with him at their 1946 graduation. 

[The Old Crem 3,580]

Definitely deathlisty. 

[markb4 890]

I haven't dreaded the making of any thread on this site more so than this one.

[dimreaper 692]

I honestly thought both brothers had passed.

[arghton 6,692]

From a month ago.

Looks fine, sounds absolutely horrible. (1:06 onwards)

[Comped 525]

46 minutes ago, arghton said:

From a month ago.

Looks fine, sounds absolutely horrible. (1:06 onwards)

That may be an understatement - but both DVD and Julie Andrews look/sound fine. And I can confirm, having met and known people who worked with Walt, Roy, and the other Roy (his nephew), that the stories here are accurate. Was also told by my mentor (whose mother was one of Walt's nurses as he died) that Walt had the brothers play Feed The Birds sometime close to his death (but obviously considering almost every person in the room that day is dead, it may be a little hard to confirm).

[TheKeysOfMarinus 390]

Man, bless him. He sounded totally fine in 2016 but it seems like his voice was already diminished in 2022. 

[tracy 2,391]

Dead

[The Old Crem 3,580]

1 minute ago, tracy said:

Dead

Very sad news.

 

Another one Dick Van Dyke outlives 

[YoungWillz 21,014]

So now Sherman has gone, are you feeling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Sir?

 

[Sly Ronnie 878]

Sherman tanked.

[diego 1,978]

The 1965 Grammy Award for Best Score in Visual Media went to him and his brother, Robert B. Sherman, for Mary Poppins, and he was the winner of that award in this category. Now there is no winner in this category who won before 1968, that person is Lalo Schifrin (b. 1932), winner in 1968 for Mission: Impossible

[markb4 890]

This one hurts. Gotta listen to 'Feed the Birds' one last time.