Dolores Olga Claman was a Canadian composer and pianist.
10 Facts About Dolores Claman
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Dolores Claman is best known for having composed the 1968 theme song for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Hockey Night In Canada show, known simply as "The Hockey Theme", which many consider Canada's unofficial second national anthem.
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Dolores Claman is known for "A Place to Stand", the tune that accompanied the film of the same name at Montreal's Expo 67 Ontario pavilion.
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Dolores Claman's mother worked as an opera singer and Claman first learned the piano in her hometown.
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Dolores Claman later moved to Toronto with her writing partner and husband, lyricist Richard Morris.
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Dolores Claman commenced legal action against the CBC in 2004, alleging that the network had been making unauthorized use of "The Hockey Theme" in many ways over a long period of time.
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On 9 June 2008, it was announced that Dolores Claman had sold the rights to the music to private broadcaster CTV.
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On 20 June 2016, Dolores Claman was awarded the Cultural Impact Award for "The Hockey Theme" at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto.
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Dolores Claman met Richard Morris while she was living in London, England, and they married in 1957.
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Dolores Claman was 94 and had suffered from dementia in the two years prior to her death.