Academy Award-winning Jewish American songwriter Richard M. Sherman, one of the creative geniuses behind some of Walt Disney's most iconic and timeless songs, died on Saturday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills "due to age-related illness," the Walt Disney Company announced. He was 95 years old. The Walt Disney Company described Sherman as
Richard M. Sherman, a Disney Legend and half of the Academy Award-winning songwriting team known as the Sherman Brothers, has died at the age of 95. He is perhaps best known for his work on Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, and The Aristocats and such songs as 'There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow,' 'The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room,' and 'It's a Small World.'