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| From | "Jennifer Leduc" <jenleduc@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Bruce Hart |
| Date | Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:47:22 -0600 |
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I never knew who wrote the lyrics before but I heard about his death on the
radio this past weekend.
Jennifer
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NEW YORK -- Bruce Hart, best known for his "Sesame Street" lyrics and the
song "Free to Be . . . You and Me," has died. He was 68.
Hart died Tuesday at his Manhattan home of lung cancer, according to his
wife, Carole Hart.
The couple wrote for the PBS television children's show after its debut in
1969. Bruce Hart also wrote the "Sesame Street" theme lyrics and music with
Joe Raposo and Jon Stone. After one season of "Sesame Street," The Harts
produced an album and television special called "Free to Be . . . You and
Me" with Marlo Thomas, starring Mel Brooks, Harry Belafonte and Michael
Jackson.
Bruce Hart also worked for the TV show "Candid Camera" and wrote the lyrics
for the Cass Elliott hit "One Way Ticket."
The Harts produced the Emmy-winning NBC series for adolescents "Hot Hero
Sandwich," and educational films about psychology.
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