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Top songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen dies in California
Tin Pan Alley composer Jimmy Van Heusen dies at 77 in Rancho Mirage California from cerebral vascular disease. A four time Oscar winner, he wrote Love and Marriage Swinging on a Star High Hopes Call Me Irresponsible and All the Way with lyricists including Sammy Cahn and Johnny Mercer and wrote for Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Born Edward Chester Babcock in Syracuse New York he adopted the Van Heusen name from a shirt ad. He was expelled from Central High School in Syracuse in 1928 for singing his own song.
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