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Harvey Schmidt Dies: 'The Fantasticks' Composer Was 88 by Greg Evans

Harvey Schmidt, composer of the longest-running Off-Broadway musical whose tunes for The Fantasticks included the poignant, haunting “Try To Remember,” died Wednesday in Texas, where he made his home. He was 88. His death was confirmed by Dan Demello, a publicist for The Fantasticks, but no additional details were disclosed. With lyricist Tom Jones, who he’d met when both were students at the Uni…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:04PM on March 1, 2018

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