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• Won 2 Oscars
  • 3 wins & 26 nominations total

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• Music Department

• 1967

• Music Department

• 1971

• Music Department

• 1970

• Soundtrack("Fill the World With Love", "Where Did My Childhood Go?", "London Is London", "And the Sky Smiled", "Apollo", "When I Am Older", "Walk Through the World", "Entr'Acte/What Shall I Do With Today?", "What A Lot of Flowers", "What A Lot of Flowers (Reprise)", "And the Sky Smiled (Reprise)", "Schooldays", "You and I", "Fill the World With Love (Reprise)", "Overture", "Fill the World With Love", "Where Did My Childhood Go?", "London Is London", "And the Sky Smiled", "Apollo", "When I Am Older", "Walk Through the World", "Entr'Acte/What Shall I Do With Today?", "What A Lot of Flowers", "What A Lot of Flowers (Reprise)", "And the Sky Smiled (Reprise)", "Schooldays", "You and I", "Fill the World With Love (Reprise)", "You and I" (Reprise))

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  Wonka
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  Biography
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  It's a Living
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  Peter Pan
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  • composer and lyricist: songs
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• Official sites

  • France's national library catalogue
  • Official Site

• Height

  • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

• Born

  • January 29, 1931
  • Southfields, London, England, UK

• Died

  • October 19, 2021
  • Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritime, France(undisclosed)

• Spouse

  • Yvonne RomainOctober 18, 1958 - October 19, 2021 (his death, 1 child)

• Other works
  With Anthony Newley, he wrote the stage musicals "Stop the World-I Want To Get Off" and "The Roar of the Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd". From these two shows came the songs "Typically English", "Gonna Build a Mountain", "Once in a Lifetime", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "On a Wonderful Day Like Today", and "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)?".

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• Trivia
  Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award five times: in 1963, three time for "Stop the World - I Want to Get Off," shared with collaboratorAnthony Newley as Best Author (Musical), Best Composer and Lyricist and for book music and lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination; in 1965, again with Newley, as Best Composer and Lyricist for "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd;" and 32 years later, in 1997, on his own as Best Book (Musical) for "Jekyll and Hyde." Most unfortunately, he never received a Tony Award.

• Nickname

  • Brickman

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