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Jack Lawrence

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American songwriter (1912-2009)

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There are at least 2 artists named Jack Lawrence. 1. Jack Lawrence (April 7, 1912 – March 15, 2009) was an American Academy Award-nominated songwriter. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. Lawrence was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Orthodox Jewish family. He wrote songs while still a child, but because of parental pressure went to school to study podiatry. He got his doctoral degree in 1932, the same year that his first song was published <a href="https://www.last.fm/m

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Schwartz
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Redding
Occupation
lyricist
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
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date of birth
1912-04-07
date of death
2009-03-15
manner of death
accidental death
birth name
Jacob Louis Schwartz
different from
Jack Lawrence
ethnic group
American Jews
pseudonym
Jack Lawrence
sexual orientation
gay
start of work period
1928-00-00
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