Jerry Herman, Tony Award-winning Broadway show composer and the creative force behind stage hits 'Mame,' 'Hello Dolly!' and 'La Cage Aux Folles' died Thursday at the age of 88. Read on for five facts about the legendary songwriter.
Herman's publicist told NPR that the highly-acclaimed musical theater professional was taken to a Miami hospital Thursday night after complaining of chest pain, where he died of pulmonary complications.
Herman left the Northeast to attend school at the University of Miami, but returned to New York shortly after graduating. In 1960 he lent his musical talents to several Broadway shows before earning his first Tony Award nomination as composer of the score for, Herman shared that his parents often hosted costume parties and took him to the theater. After seeing a performance ofin the late 1940s, he was so taken with musical theatre he taught himself to play the piano.
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