Tony Award-winning Broadway composer Charles Strouse has died. The creator of the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie died at his home in New York City on Thursday, according to a ...

Charles Strouse , the composer and lyricist of "Annie" and "Bye Bye Birdie," died Thursday in Manhattan.

Along with Strouse and the lyricist Martin Charnin, the comic was transformed into a musical by book writer Thomas Meehan, who died in 2017. “Annie” had its Broadway debut in 1977.

Charles Strouse, composer of ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ and ‘Annie,’ dies at 96© Lucian Perkins/AP Adams and Strouse at the 2009 Broadway revival of “Bye Bye Birdie.”© Jemal Countess/Getty Images ...

Charles Strouse, composer of ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ and ‘Annie,’ dies at 96 His opening theme for the groundbreaking sitcom “All in the Family” also became part of the American musical canon.

Charles Strouse, Composer of ‘Annie’ and ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ Dies at 96 He wrote some of the most enduring musical theater numbers of his era and earned three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy.

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died at his home in New York City on Thursday.

Charles Strouse, the famed Broadway composer who received Tony Awards for his scores for Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died Thursday. He was 96.

Charles Strouse, Broadway Composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' Dies at 96 NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway's industrious, master melody-maker who ...

Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of ‘Annie’ and ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ dies at 96 Composer Charles Strouse in 2008.

Charles Strouse, Broadway Composer of ‘Annie’ & ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ Dies at 96 You know his songs, from "It's the Hard Knock Life" to "Those Were the Days," the theme from All in the Family.