Goodbye to Richard Sherman

Richard Sherman has passed away at the age of 95, together with his brother Robert – who died in 2012 – author of some of the most famous soundtracks of Disney films: the artist, according to various American press sources, passed away in yesterday, Saturday 25 May, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, for age-related pathologies.

Among the most popular works written by the Shermans are the songs included in classics such as “Mary Poppins” (for which they were awarded an Oscar in 1965), “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”, “The Parent Trap”, “Children of the Captain Grant”, “Summer Magic”, “A Professor in the Clouds” and “The Sword in the Stone”: Richard's latest productions include the song “I Wan'na Be Like You” for the 2016 remake of “Jungle Book” and the three unreleased songs – “Goodbye Farewell”, “Busy Doing Nothing” and “Christopher Robin” – for the 2018 feature film “Christopher Robin”.

Born in New York to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants, the artist – at a young age – moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he attended Beverly Hills High School, becoming passionate about studying music and learning to play the flute, piccolo and piano. After serving in the U.S. Army between '53 and '55 and earning his college degree, Sherman and his brother founded their own publishing company, Music World Corporation, in 1958, which expanded its operations in 2000. activities also include the production of music on commission.