1. Fred Ebb was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander.
14 Facts About Fred Ebb
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Fred Ebb worked during the early 1950s bronzing baby shoes, as a trucker's assistant, and was employed in a department store credit office and at a hosiery company.
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Fred Ebb graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in English Literature, and earned his master's degree in English from Columbia University.
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Fred Ebb wrote songs with Norman Martin for the Off-Broadway revue Put It in Writing.
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Fred Ebb worked with composer Paul Klein from the early 1950s onward, contributing songs to the cabaret revue Isn't America Fun and the Broadway revue From A to Z, directed by Christopher Hewett.
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In 1973 Fred Ebb wrote the television special that marked Frank Sinatra's comeback from retirement, Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra.
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Fred Ebb wrote the book for Shirley MacLaine's Broadway solo revue in 1976.
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The team's last original work to reach Broadway during Fred Ebb's life opened in 1997.
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In 1997, Fred Ebb reworked lyrics to Richard Rodgers' melody for the television production of Cinderella.
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Two decades earlier, Fred Ebb refused the opportunity to write the musical Rex with Rodgers.
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Fred Ebb died from a heart attack on September 11,2004, at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan.
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At the time of his death, Fred Ebb was working on a new musical with Kander, Curtains: A Backstage Murder Mystery Musical Comedy.
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On June 14,2014, Fred Ebb was featured in the first gay-themed tour of Green-Wood Cemetery.
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The Fred Ebb Foundation, established in 2005 by instruction of Ebb's will, presents an annual award to an up-and-coming musical theatre writer.