OBITUARY: Vocal Coach to Stars Maurice Finnell Dies

Teacher, composer and vocal coach Maurice Finnell, who taught talent including Tony Bennett, Bette Midler, Tyne Daly and Warren Beatty, died Jan. 5 in New York from complications from a fall. He was 93. Finnell was born in New Jersey, and started singing as a boy, performing the theme song for Douglas Fairbanks film "Reaching For The Moon" at the RKO Lincoln and Capital Theaters at the age of 16...

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