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    Jerry Herman, composer of 'Mame,' 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'La Cage aux Folles' dead at 88

    by Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune Dec 27, 2019 2 minutes

    Jerry Herman, the indisputable master of the simple, hummable and relentlessly optimistic show tune and the composer of many of Broadway's greatest scores, died Thursday, the Associated Press reported, after confirming his death in Miami on Friday morning. He was 88.

    According to the news service, Herman died from pulmonary complications in the Miami

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