Richard Adler was an American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows.
12 Facts About Richard Adler
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Richard Adler graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1943 and served in the US Naval Reserve during World War II.
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Richard Adler and Ross's second Broadway effort, The Pajama Game, opened in May 1954 and was a popular as well as a critical success, winning Tony Awards as well as the Donaldson Award and the Variety Drama Critics Award.
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Richard Adler continued to write both alone and with other partners, and composed a major 1958 hit in collaboration with Robert Allen: "Everybody Loves a Lover", as recorded by Doris Day.
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However, after 1955 Richard Adler had no further successes on Broadway either as a composer or a producer, although revivals of The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees have proved popular.
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Richard Adler composed several symphonic and ballet pieces, including one to celebrate the Statue of Liberty's centennial.
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Richard Adler is a member of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
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Richard Adler adopted his two sons, Andrew and Broadway lyricist Christopher, after the death of his first wife in 1964.
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Christopher Richard Adler died of cancer in 1984 at age 30.
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Richard Adler was a Democrat and, along with Democratic National Committee Chairman John Bailey, Lena Horne, Carol Lawrence, Sidney Salomon, Vice-Chairwoman of the DNC Margaret B Price, and Secretary of the DNC Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush, visited John F Kennedy at The White House on November 20,1963, two days prior to his assassination.
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Richard Adler died on June 21,2012, at his home in Southampton, New York, at age 90.
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Richard Adler was survived by his third wife, Susan A Ivory; his son, Andrew; his daughter, Katherine; and his stepson, Charlie Shipman.