By Disney songwriting legend Richard M. Sherman, half of the Oscar-winning songwriting team of the Sherman Brothers alongside late brother Robert B. Sherman, has died from age-related illness. He was 95.
Sherman garnered nine Academy Award nominations over his life, winning two of them for their work on “Mary Poppins” for its score and the song “Chim Chim Cher-ee”. He also won three Grammy Awards and twenty-four gold and platinum albums.
The Sherman’s would ultimately write more than 200 songs for some 27 films and 24 television productions including Disney titles like “Mary Poppins,” “Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” “The Jungle Book,” “The Sword in the Strone,” “That Darn Cat!,” “The Aristocats,” “The Absent-Minded Professor,” “The Parent Trap,” “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree,” “The Aristocats” and “The Tigger Movie” among others.
They also contributed music for a number of theme park attractions, including arguably the most famous ever made – “It’s a Small World (After All)”. Richard and his brother were inducted as Disney Legends in 1990.
Outside of Disney they also provided scores for “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “Snoopy Come Home,” and “Charlotte’s Web” and both the screenplays and scores for films like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” “The Slipper and the Rose,” and “The Magic of Lassie”. Their last film was 2018’s “Christopher Robin”.
An animated musical feature film “Inkas the Ramferinkas,” inspired by music from the Sherman Brothers, was announced a year ago as being in development.
Richard is survived by his wife of 66 years, Elizabeth along with son, two daughters and multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Source: Deadline
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