Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" — as well as the most-played tune on Earth, "It s a Small World (After All)" — has died. He was 95.
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
Sherman and his brother Robert became Disney Studios' first ever in-house songwriters. They won two Oscars for their songs and score to Mary Poppins and composed the classic "It's a Small World."