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Richard Rodgers is an American composer, known largely for his work in musical theater.
With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most significant American composers of the 20th century, and his compositions had a significant impact on popular music.
He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart, with whom he wrote several musicals throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including Pal Joey (1957), A Connecticut Yankee (1955), On Your Toes (1939), Babes in Arms (1939), and Oscar Hammerstein II, with whom he wrote musicals through the 1940s and 1950s such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), South Pacific (1958), The King and I (1956), and The Sound of Music (1965). His collaborations with Hammerstein, in particular, are celebrated for bringing the Broadway musical to a new maturity by telling stories that were focused around characters and drama rather than the light-hearted entertainment that the genre was known for beforehand.
Rodgers was the first person to win what are considered the top American entertainment awards in television, recording, movies and Broadway - an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, now known collectively as an EGOT. In addition, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, making him one of only two people to receive all five awards (Marvin Hamlisch is the other).- Lilyan Irene was born on 18 March 1892 in Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Private Number (1936), Vanity Fair (1932) and Sisters Under the Skin (1934). She died on 30 December 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Actor
K. Gordon Murray was born on 8 January 1922 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Savages from Hell (1968), Shanty Tramp (1967) and The Brainiac (1962). He died on 30 December 1979 in Key Biscayne, Florida, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
Gary Downey was born on 21 December 1938 in Gooding, Idaho, USA. He was an actor, known for Ice Station Zebra (1968), Star Trek (1966) and Coming Home (1978). He died on 30 December 1979 in Boise City, Idaho, USA.- Robert Offerman was born on 6 August 1935 in Dyersville, Iowa, USA. He died on 30 December 1979 in Goleta, California, USA.
- Debra Manning was born on 28 February 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She died on 30 December 1979 in Goleta, California, USA.
- Stevo Matovic was born on 27 December 1917 in Niksic, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Jovana Lukina (1979), Hajka (1977) and The Man to Kill (1979). He died on 30 December 1979 in Titograd, Montenegro, Yugoslavia.