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Lionel Newman (January 4, 1916 – February 3, 1989) was an American conductor, pianist, and film and television composer. [1] He won the Academy Award for Best Score of a Musical Picture for Hello Dolly! with Lennie Hayton in 1969. [1]
Lionel Newman was the youngest of a triumvirate of accomplished virtuosos, composers and conductors, who dominated the music department at 20th Century Fox for more than four decades. Already a highly regarded pianist by the age of 15, Lionel went on the national vaudeville circuit as accompanist for Mae West, before joining his siblings ...
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- February 3, 1989
Lionel Newman was the youngest of a triumvirate of accomplished virtuosos, composers and conductors, who dominated the music department at 20th Century Fox for more than four decades.
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- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Lionel Newman (January 4, 1916 – February 3, 1989) was an American conductor, pianist, and film and television composer. He won the Academy Award for Best Score of a Musical Picture for Hello Dolly! with Lennie Hayton in 1969.
Feb 10, 2020 · Lionel, who died in 1989 at the age of 73, started out as Mae West’s rehearsal pianist. He remembered the rollicking she gave him for distracting her by moving his arms in the orchestra pit.
Lionel Newman Biography (1916-1989) Born January 4, 1916, in New Haven, CT; died of cardiac arrest, February 3, 1989, in Los Angeles, CA; married Beverly Carroll; children: three daughters. Nationality
Feb 7, 1989 · Lionel Newman, a member of Hollywood’s famous Newman clan who was known almost as much for his salty dialogue as for his sweeping melodies, has died of a heart attack at Cedars-Sinai Medical...
