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Jun 30, 2020 · Johnny Mandel was an Oscar- and Grammy-winning songwriter who composed songs including the “M*A*S*H” theme (“Suicide Is Painless”) and “The Shadow of Your Smile.”. Died: June 29, 2020 ...
Jun 30, 2020 · Johnny Mandel, the famed Hollywood composer behind the theme song for classic sitcom M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 94. Mandel’s daughter, Marissa, confirmed the death via the New York Times.
Jul 1, 2020 · Johnny Mandel, the prolific composer and arranger who worked with Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Barbra Streisand and more — and famously composed the theme song for M*A*S*H — has died, Variety reports. He was 94. No specifics about Mandel’s death have been revealed. The news was shared by singer and friend Michael Feinstein on Facebook ...
Johnny Mandel, the legendary composer-arranger who graced the silver screen and TV with dozens of sophisticated scores, and contributed countless classics to the Great American Songbook, has died at 94. ASCAP President and Chairman of the Board Paul Williams offered this comment on Mandel’s passing: "Giant. Genius. Gentleman.
Nov 22, 2010 · Obituary Johnny Mandel (1925-2020) Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers July 1, 2020. Johnny Mandel, a elegant arranger, composer, conductor and bass trumpeter who began his career writing for big bands in the 1940s, crossed over to jazz in the '50s and wound up scoring movies in the late 1950s and beyond, including main titles that became standards, died June 29.
Jul 1, 2020 · Johnny Mandel appears at the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Awards Ceremony and Concert in New York on Jan. 11, 2011.(AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
Johnny Mandel. Music Department: M*A*S*H. Inducted into the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame in 2009 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame a year later, Johnny Mandel is perhaps best known as the composer of the iconic M*A*S*H (1972) theme song, "Suicide is Painless". Born and raised in Manhattan, he was the son of a garment manufacturer and an opera singer. Music was a major part of his family (an uncle...
