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Bob Merrill
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- מצחיקונת
- Carnival
- Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood
- Funny Girl
- Funny Girl
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Film & TV
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Known for
- Senorita from the West — Robert Merrill1945
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-07-21
Discography
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- Listeners
- 1,560
- Total plays
- 7,150
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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
Wikidata facts
- 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
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Musical
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