Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers Headshot

Composer

Birth Date: June 28, 1902

Death Date: December 30, 1979 — 77 years old

Birth Place: New York, New York

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Prolific writer of show tunes who enjoyed fruitful collaborations with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein. Rogers confected some of Hollywood's most enduring musicals, including "Oklahoma!" (1955), "The King and I" (1956) and "The Sound of Music" (1965) and contributed numerous scores and songs to films through the 1960s.

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RICHARD RODGERS (1902-1979), AMERICAN COMPOSER, CIRCA 1970STHE KING AND I, Richard Rodgers, Dorothy Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Hammerstein, at premiere, 1956, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.OKLAHOMA!, Richard Rodgers (squatting), Lizanne Truex, Gene Nelson (both on left), director Fred Zinnemann (right), 1955OKLAHOMA!, Fred Zinnemann, Agnes DeMille, Richard Rodgers, 1955