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Article: Gene Vincent de Paul, composer for `7 Brides' and other musicals
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 29, 1988
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LOS ANGELES Composer, pianist and musical arranger Gene Vincent
de Paul, who collaborated on the Academy Award-winning score for the
1954 musical "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," died Saturday at his
Los Angeles home.
Mr. de Paul, 68, had an inoperable brain tumor, his son Tony de
Paul said Sunday.
Born in New York on June 17, 1919, Mr. de Paul wrote such hits
as "Star Eyes," "Irresistible," "Cow Cow Boogie," "When You're in
Love," "Mr. Five by Five," and "I'll Remember April," a song that
inspired Mr. de Paul to name his daughter April, his son said.
Mr. de Paul's collaboration with lyricist Don Raye on the song
"Pigfoot Pete" from the film "Hellzapoppin" got them a 1942 Oscar ...