Disney songwriter Richard Sherman dies

MOSCOW, May 26. American composer, songwriter for Walt Disney films Richard Sherman died at the age of 96, reported in companies.
«Disney legend Richard M. Sherman… passed away Saturday, May 25, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills due to age-related illness. He was 95 years old,» the statement reads. statement on the company website.
According to the statement, Richard Sherman, along with his brother Robert Sherman, received two Academy Awards for their work on the score for the 1964 film Mary Poppins, and they were also awarded three Grammy Awards. The Sherman Brothers also worked on the music for the cartoons «The Jungle Book» and «Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree».