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American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter (1921-1998)

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Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1930-07-21
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Bob Merrill (May 17, 1921 - February 17, 1998) was an American songwriter, theatrical composer and lyricist, and screenwriter. Merrill was born Henry Levan in Atlantic City, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following a stint with the Army during World War II, he moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a dialogue director for Columbia Pictures. He began his songwriting career writing tunes for Dorothy Shay. One of his first major hits was the 1950 novelty song "If I Knew You W

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Atlantic City
Place of death
Culver City
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
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Bob Merrill
date of death
1998-02-17
date of birth
1921-05-17
birth name
Henry Robert Merrill Levan
name in native language
Bob Merrill
pseudonym
H. Robert Merrill Levan
manner of death
Suicide
medical condition
major depressive disorder
cause of death
gunshot wound
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