Charles Strouse, Composer Of 'Annie' And 'Bye Bye Birdie,' Dead At 96
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The three-time Tony Award-winner died Thursday.at his home in New York City.
NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway’s industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” died Thursday. He was 96.
Strouse died at his home in New York City, his family said through the publicity agency The Press Room.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Strouse wrote more than a dozen Broadway musicals, as well as film scores and the song “Those Were the Days,” the theme song for the sitcom “All in the Family.”
Strouse turned out such popular — and catchy — show tunes as “Tomorrow,” the optimistic anthem from “Annie,” and the equally cheerful “Put on a Happy Face” from “Bye Bye Birdie,” his first Broadway success.
“I work every day. Activity — it’s a life force,” the New York-born composer told The Associated Press during an interview on the eve of his 80th birthday in 2008. “When you enjoy doing what you’re doing, which I do very much, I have something to get up for.”
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