His hits, written with his brother Richard, 83, include Supercalifragilistic-expialidocious and A Spoonful Of Sugar from Mary Poppins.
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The brothers also composed favourites like I Wanna Be Like You and Trust In Me from The Jungle Book and Truly Scrumptious from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Announcing his father’s death, Jeffrey Sherman said: “His dear heart finally slowed to a stop when he could fight no more.
“He wanted to bring happiness to the world and, unquestionably, he succeeded.”
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The Sherman brothers had a 10-year association with Walt Disney, during which time they composed more than 150 songs.
They won two Oscars for Mary Poppins – best score and best song for Chim Chim Cheree.
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