Robert Sherman obituary

Film songwriter known for Mary Poppins and The Jungle BookRobert B Sherman, who has died aged 86, was part of one of the most unusual songwriting teams of all time. He and his younger brother Richard may not be as well known as other pairs of composers and lyricists, but they will for ever be remembered as the writers of Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and a swath of other productions from Walt Disney Studios.Their score for Mary Poppins (1964), the movie that introduced Julie Andrews to filmgoer...

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