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Article: DEATHS
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 20, 1996
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IRVING CAESAR
Lyricist
Irving Caesar, 101, who wrote the words to "Tea for Two,"
"Swanee" and other songs that made musical comedy shine in the 1920s
and 1930s, died Dec. 17 in New York. The cause of death was not
announced.
His collaborators included George Gershwin, Vincent Youmans,
Buddy De Sylva, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Oscar Levant, Victor Herbert,
Sammy Lerner, Rudolph Friml and Gerald Marks.
His lyrics included "Just a Gigolo," "Crazy Rhythm," the Shirley
Temple tune "Animal Crackers in My Soup," "I'm the Singer, You Are
the Song," "The Yankee Doodle Blues" and "I Was So Young (You Were
So Beautiful)." He composed music for songs such as "If I Forget
You."
Mr. Caesar first ...