- Albert Hague
Albert Hague (
October 13 1920 –November 12 2001 ) was a German-bornsongwriter andcomposer .Hague was born as Albert Marcuse to a
Jewish family inBerlin, Germany . His father was a psychiatrist and a musical prodigy and his mother a chess champion. His family considered their Jewish heritage a liability and raised him as aLutheran .Hague came to America in 1939 on scholarship to the
University of Cincinnati . After graduating in 1942, he served in theUnited States Air Force duringWorld War II .Career
Hague's
Broadway Musicals include "Plain and Fancy " (1955), "Redhead" (1959), and "The Fig Leaves Are Falling " (1969, with lyrics byAllan Sherman ). Famous songs he wrote include "Young and Foolish", "Look Who's in Love", and "Did I Ever Really Live?". He was the composer for the TV musical cartoon, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas " (1966).Acting
He also was an actor, most notably on the TV series "Fame".
Family
His wife, Renee Orin, a singer, with whom he often collaborated, died, aged 73, in 2000 from
lymphoma . They had been married since 1951. They had two children.Death
Albert Hague died at age 81 from
cancer [ [http://www.gravehunter.net/obituaries.html Celebrity Obituaries at Grave Hunter ] ] at a hospital inMarina del Rey ,California in 2001. A widower, he was survived by his two children.References
External links
* [http://www.dorothyfields.co.uk/c_hague.htm Musical background]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=11804 IBDb]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E4D7163BF936A25752C1A9679C8B63 NY Times obituary]
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