A famous Disney songwriter who wrote songs for movies like Mary Poppins and It’s a Small World has died.
Richard M. Sherman, who was 95 years old, died after getting sick from getting older, it has been confirmed.
He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills on Saturday. He won nine Oscars.
Sherman wrote many songs, but his brother Robert B. Sherman and he worked together on the Mary Poppins hits “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” “A Spoonful of Sugar,” and “Feed the Birds.”
Along with “It’s a Small World (After All)” and “Chim Chim Cher-ee” from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the pair also made “Chim Chim Cher-ee.”
The brothers won 23 gold and platinum albums, nine Oscars, and two Grammys, showing how talented they were.
Some of the many movies they worked on together as lyricists and composers are Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte’s Web, and The Magic of Lassie.
