SONGWRITER SAMMY CAHN DIES AT 79

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, January 16, 1993                   TAG: 9301160194
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short
SONGWRITER SAMMY CAHN DIES AT 79
Lyricist Sammy Cahn, whose Oscar-winning songs included "Call Me Irresponsible," "Three Coins in a Fountain" and "High Hopes," died Friday. He was 79.
Cahn died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said hospital spokesman Ron Wise. Cahn had been hospitalized since Dec. 30.
Cahn wrote hundreds of popular songs, collaborating with Saul Chaplin, Jimmy Van Heusen and Jule Styne.
His best-known works are "Rhythm is Our Business," "Let it Snow; Let it Snow," "I'll Walk Alone," "Love and Marriage," "Second Time Around," "Pocketful of Miracles," "My Kind of Town" and "All That Love Went to Waste."
As a film composer, his credits numbered "Anchors Aweigh," "April in Paris," "Meet Me in Las Vegas," "The Tender Trap" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
On Broadway, Cahn worked on "High Button Shoes," "Two's Company," "Skyscraper," "Walking Happy," "Words and Music" and "Falling in Love Again."
His song "Call Me Irresponsible" won an Emmy award.
The songwriter was born Samuel Cohen in New York City. An early student of the violin, Cahn started playing in a local orchestra at weddings, bar mitzvahs and other parties.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB