are pouring in after his death on friday. singer and broadway star tweeted good-bye dear sir. we will spend our lives trying to make you proud. novelist and playwright paul rudnick said he would go to see everything. i received a personal note that thrills know this way. we look back on his bold body of work. reporter: stephen sodeheim was one of musical theaters most prolific and successful writers. winning eight tony awards, eight grammys, academy, a pulitzer prize for drama and the presidential medal of freedom. he was born on march 22nd, in 1930. his parents divorced in 1942. the moved to pennsylvania with his mother.