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Jack Lawrence
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Blood Thorn (David Thorne)
- Emerald King
- Shadow Realms : Rise of the Fallen
- Beowulf
- Robin Hood
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- 3,787
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- 11,899
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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
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
- Religion
- Orthodox Judaism
- Official website
- www.jacklawrencesongwriter.com
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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
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- sexual orientation
- gay
- start of work period
- 1928-00-00
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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