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, 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.

Three-time Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Charles Strouse, whose work included “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Thursday.He was 96. The news was confirmed to the New York Times ...

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 ...

In an interview with the Tribune in 2011, Strouse was asked if he had any idea that the Broadway show would be such a hit. “No,” he said. “This was a piece about the Depression. It was dark.

Charles Strouse spent his last hours at home in New York. He was 96. If you did not know his name, you may well know the music that we will hear from reporter Jeff Lunden.

Charles Strouse, a Tony Award-winning composer whose Broadway hits “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Annie” and opening theme for the groundbreaking sitcom “All in the Family” became part of the ...

NEW YORK — Charles Strouse, the three-time Tony Award winner and Broadway master melody-maker who composed the music for “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” died Thursday. He ...

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, a Tony-, Grammy-, and Emmy-winning composer known for Broadway's Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, has died. He was 96. Strouse died at his home in New York City on Thursday, ...

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.