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Stephen Sondheim, co-author of West Side Story, has died

Stephen Sondheim grew up in Manhattan, New York and later studied theater at Williams College in Massachusetts.

Sondheim was the author of musicals such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Follies, Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods, he wrote lyrics for West Side Story and added music to films such as Dick Tracy and Bird Cage.

During his seventy years of work, he has received eight Grammy Awards, nine Tony Awards and one Pulitzer Prize.

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His song Send in the Clowns is one of the most famous melodies in America. She also starred in the famous Todd Phillips film Joker. It was sung, for example, by Frank Sinatra or later by Barbra Streisand.

In 2015, US President Barack Obama awarded Sondheim the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

“I am interested in communicating with the audience. I love theater as well as music and the whole idea of ​​penetrating the audience, understanding, making them laugh or making them cry, evoking feelings in them – that’s the most important thing, “he said in an interview.

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