"the early hours of July 11 doctors at Cedars removed a large brain tumor, believed to have been a glioblastoma, but Gershwin died on the morning of July 11, 1937, at the age of 38. The fact that he had suddenly collapsed and become comatose after he stood up on July 9, has been interpreted as brain herniation with Duret haemorrhages. Gershwin's friends and fans were shocked and devastated. John O'Hara remarked: ""George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to."" He was interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson,"
"culture, the prize will be given annually to a composer or performer whose lifetime contributions exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins. He married Leonore (née Strunsky) in 1926. He died in Beverly Hills, California, on 17 August 1983 at the age of 86. He is interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Leonore died in 1991. Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershowitz, December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With"
"Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershowitz, December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as ""I Got Rhythm"", ""Embraceable You"", ""The Man I Love"" and ""Someone to Watch Over Me"". He was also responsible, along with DuBose Heyward, for the libretto to George's opera ""Porgy and Bess"". The success the Gershwin brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative"
"Arthur Gershwin Arthur Gershwin (March 14, 1900 – November 19, 1981) was one of the four Gershwin family siblings of American musical fame. Although he was a composer, he was not a professional musician, and made his living as a stockbroker. He was born in New York City and was the third of the four Gershwin siblings (Ira, George, Arthur, and Frances). Arthur composed the two-act musical ""A Lady Says Yes"" (1945), which is set in 1545 and 1945 and takes place in Venice, Washington D.C., and China. It ran on Broadway from Jan 10, 1945 to Mar 25, 1945"
"them."" Arthur is buried in Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. Arthur Gershwin Arthur Gershwin (March 14, 1900 – November 19, 1981) was one of the four Gershwin family siblings of American musical fame. Although he was a composer, he was not a professional musician, and made his living as a stockbroker. He was born in New York City and was the third of the four Gershwin siblings (Ira, George, Arthur, and Frances). Arthur composed the two-act musical ""A Lady Says Yes"" (1945), which is set in 1545 and 1945 and takes place in Venice, Washington D.C., and China. It ran"
"George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger but"
"but Gerwhwin composed with the window open."" At 38 Gershwin died of a brain tumor. Physicians had missed the signs of the tumor, which was not diagnosed until the day he died. He had gone to a hospital, complaining of headaches, and lapsed into a coma. Later a glioblastoma was found on his temporal lobe. He had been showing symptoms: he interrupted rehearsals, complaining about smelling burning garbage, and he had trouble with his coordination. But people may have missed the signs because he never stopped working; he was composing music until the last week of his life. ""What fascinates"
"George Gershwin. In 1935, Warburg married his second wife, Phyllis Baldwin. On September 6, 1948, he married his third wife, Joan Melber, a Congregationalist, in a Christian ceremony. They had four children: James P., Jr., Jennifer, Philip, and Sarah Bliumis Dunn. Warburg is also the grandfather of novelist Katharine Weber, daughter of Andrea. Under the pseudonym Paul James he wrote the lyrics to Swift's 1929 hit song ""Can't We Be Friends?"" and their 1930 musical, ""Fine and Dandy"", which introduced the song ""Fine and Dandy"". James Warburg James Paul Warburg (August 18, 1896 – June 3, 1969) was a German-born"
"and ""Porgy and Bess"". Citations George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career"
"Mausoleum, along with her husband, brothers, and parents. Frances Gershwin Frances Gershwin Godowsky (December 6, 1906 – January 18, 1999) was an American singer, musician, Broadway performer and artist. She was born in Manhattan, the younger sister of George, Ira and Arthur Gershwin. She was the first of the Gershwin family to perform as a child, and she brought home a good sum of money for the time. She married Leopold Godowsky Jr., co-inventor (with Leopold Mannes), of Kodachrome color photography. Godowsky was also first violinist with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras and performed with his father,"
"first generation of freeborn African-Americans after the Civil War. ""When you listen to classic ragtime pieces and note the basic tension between the metrically rigid baselines and the captivating, syncopated melodic lines, you can almost hear it as the struggle and eventual triumph of freedom over slavery.” By 1916, Joplin was suffering from tertiary syphilis and resulting insanity; In January 1917 he was admitted to a mental institution, where he soon died of syphilitic dementia at 49. George Gershwin (1898–1937) as a child would probably today have been diagnosed with conduct disorder and with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Late in his"
"example of an especially resilient composer, cited by Kogan, is that of George Gershwin. ""Part of what's fascinating about [him, says Kogan] is that he grew up in a home almost completely without music."" He and his siblings spent a lot of their time roaming the streets. ""George stole food from pushcarts, regularly engaged in fistfights, even set fires on occasion. He lost his virginity with a girl at age nine. He was a hyperactive kid who showed signs of conduct disorder."" But at age 10 or 11 Gershwin, while playing hooky from school classes, he chanced to overhear a"
"age of 94. George S. Irving George S. Irving (born Irving Shelasky; November 1, 1922 – December 26, 2016) was an American actor known primarily for his character roles on Broadway. He was born Irving Shelasky in Springfield, Massachusetts to Abraham and Rebecca Shelasky, as one of four siblings. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. When Irving was 13 or 14, he sang in synagogues and churches as a boy soprano. By his final high school year in 1940, he heard about a dramatic school in Boston for those who were not quite draft age and who were tall and"
"Brooklyn's Snediker Avenue. On September 26, 1898, George was born as second son to Morris and Rose Bruskin Gershwine in their second-floor apartment on Brooklyn's Snediker Avenue. His birth certificate identifies him as Jacob Gershwine, with the surname pronounced 'Gersh-vin' in the Russian and Yiddish immigrant community. He had just one given name, contrary to the American practice of giving children both a first and middle name. He was named after his grandfather, a one time Russian army mechanic. He soon became known as George, and changed the spelling of his surname to 'Gershwin' about the time he became a"
"28, 1983, at Westside Hospital in After dinner at home with his wife, he felt sudden chest pains and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. He later went into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at 10:35 p.m., over three hours after he was admitted, while under the care and observation of his cardiologist, His age at the time of his death was listed as 54, due to an incorrect year of birth (as 1929), which he listed on his military recruitment form for the U.S. Marines. George was a frequent smoker of cigars and a heavy drinker, but"
"Frances Gershwin Frances Gershwin Godowsky (December 6, 1906 – January 18, 1999) was an American singer, musician, Broadway performer and artist. She was born in Manhattan, the younger sister of George, Ira and Arthur Gershwin. She was the first of the Gershwin family to perform as a child, and she brought home a good sum of money for the time. She married Leopold Godowsky Jr., co-inventor (with Leopold Mannes), of Kodachrome color photography. Godowsky was also first violinist with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras and performed with his father, the world-renowned pianist Leopold Godowsky. Actress Dagmar Godowsky"
"role that Ira played. His mastery of songwriting continued, however, after the early death of George. He wrote additional hit songs with composers Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harry Warren and Harold Arlen. His critically acclaimed 1959 book ""Lyrics on Several Occasions"", an amalgam of autobiography and annotated anthology, is an important source for studying the art of the lyricist in the golden age of American popular song. Gershwin was born in New York City, the oldest of four children of Morris (Moishe) and Rose Gershovitz (née Rosa Bruskin), who were Russian Jews, born in St Petersburg, who had emigrated to"
"I also get out of breath more easily. So these are the results of my trip. Very annoying."" George died suddenly in Abastumani, on 9 August 1899, at the age of 28. He had been out alone on his motorcycle and some hours later, when he failed to return, his worried staff sent out a search party. By the time they found him it was too late. A peasant woman had discovered him collapsed at the side of the road, blood oozing from his mouth as he struggled to breathe. She supported him in her arms until he died. The"
"became her sister-in-law. Frances and Leopold had four children: Alexis Gershwin, Leopold Godowsky III, and twins Georgia Keidan and Nadia Natali. All four children were involved in performing and the fine arts. Frances traveled to Europe with her brother George and performed at parties with him. She also performed briefly on Broadway. After she married, she continued her artistic activities, at one point winning a French painting award. In her later years, she returned to singing again and recorded the album ""For George And Ira"" in 1973. She died in 1999, aged 92. Her final resting place is the Gershwin"
"Me"". Their partnership continued until George's sudden death from a brain tumor in 1937. Following his brother's death, Ira waited nearly three years before writing again. After this temporary retirement, Ira teamed up with accomplished composers such as Jerome Kern (""Cover Girl""); Kurt Weill (""Where Do We Go from Here?""; ""Lady in the Dark""); and Harold Arlen (""""; ""A Star Is Born""). Over the next 14 years, Gershwin continued to write the lyrics for many film scores and a few Broadway shows. But the failure of ""Park Avenue"" in 1946 (a ""smart"" show about divorce, co-written with composer Arthur Schwartz)"
"while living with Ira and his wife Leonore in their rented house in Beverly Hills. Leonore Gershwin began to be disturbed by George's mood swings and his seeming inability to eat without spilling food at the dinner table. She suspected mental illness and insisted he be moved out of their house to lyricist Yip Harburg's empty quarters nearby, where he was placed in the care of his valet, Paul Mueller. The headaches and olfactory hallucinations continued. On June 23, 1937 after an incident in which Gershwin tried to push Mueller out of the car in which they were riding, he"
"number of Felder’s projects. Hershey Felder Hershey Felder (born July 9, 1968) is a pianist, actor, playwright, composer, producer, and director. He created (as playwright, actor, and pianist) the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the play ""George Gershwin Alone"", which was followed by the creation of the roles of Fryderyk Chopin, the Polish composer-pianist; Ludwig van Beethoven and Gerhard von Breuning in ""Beethoven""; Leonard Bernstein in ""Maestro Bernstein""; Franz Liszt in ""Musik""; Irving Berlin in ""Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin""; and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in ""Our Great Tchaikovsky"". ""The Composer Sonata"" comprises these works."
"professional musician; other family members followed suit. After Ira and George, another boy Arthur Gershwin (1900–1981), and a girl Frances Gershwin (1906–1999) were born into the family. The family lived in many different residences, as their father changed dwellings with each new enterprise in which he became involved. Mostly, they grew up around the Yiddish Theater District. George and Ira frequented the local Yiddish theaters, with George occasionally appearing onstage as an extra. George lived a usual childhood existence for children of New York tenements: running around with his boyhood friends, roller skating and misbehaving in the streets. Until 1908,"
"soon started composing Broadway theater works with his brother Ira Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva. He moved to Paris intending to study with Nadia Boulanger, but she refused him; he subsequently composed ""An American in Paris"". He then returned to New York City and wrote ""Porgy and Bess"" with Ira and DuBose Heyward. It was initially a commercial failure but came to be considered one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century and an American cultural classic. Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores until his death in 1937 from a malignant brain tumor. His compositions"
"Hershey Felder Hershey Felder (born July 9, 1968) is a pianist, actor, playwright, composer, producer, and director. He created (as playwright, actor, and pianist) the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the play ""George Gershwin Alone"", which was followed by the creation of the roles of Fryderyk Chopin, the Polish composer-pianist; Ludwig van Beethoven and Gerhard von Breuning in ""Beethoven""; Leonard Bernstein in ""Maestro Bernstein""; Franz Liszt in ""Musik""; Irving Berlin in ""Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin""; and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in ""Our Great Tchaikovsky"". ""The Composer Sonata"" comprises these works. Felder also directed concert"
"death, Swift arranged some of his music, transcribed several of his recordings, and collaborated with his brother Ira on several projects. Early in 1937, Gershwin began to complain of blinding headaches and a recurring impression that he smelled burning rubber. On February 11, 1937, he performed his Piano Concerto in F in a special concert of his music with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under the direction of French maestro Pierre Monteux. Gershwin, normally a superb pianist in his own compositions, suffered coordination problems and blackouts during the performance. He was at the time working on other Hollywood film projects"
"was admitted to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles for observation. Tests showed no physical cause and he was released on the 26th with a diagnosis of ""likely hysteria"". His troubles with coordination and mental acuity worsened, though. On the night of July 9, 1937 Gershwin collapsed in Harburg's house, where he had been working on the score of ""The Goldwyn Follies"". He was rushed back to Cedars of Lebanon, and fell into a coma. Only then did his doctors think that he was suffering from a brain tumor. Leonore called George's close friend Emil Mosbacher and explained the"
"Murray Gershenz Murray Gershenz (May 12, 1922 – August 28, 2013) was an American character actor and entrepreneur. He began his acting career late in life, at the age of 79, when he starred in a 2001 episode of ""Will & Grace"". He went on to perform a variety of character roles in films and on television. As an entrepreneur, he operated the ""Music Man Murray"" record store in Los Angeles for more than 50 years. He acted in other television shows, such as ""Modern Family"", ""The Sarah Silverman Show"", ""Mad Men"", ""Raising Hope"", ""House"", and ""Parks and Recreation"". He"
"William C. K. Irwin William C. K. Irwin, also known as William C. Irwin and Will Irwin (3 January 1907 – 23 October 1998), was an American pianist, conductor, and songwriter. Irwin was born in San Francisco, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. With the British composer Percy Grainger, Irwin studied composition before joining the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. The musical theatre composer Vernon Duke introduced Irwin to composer and songwriter George Gershwin in the 1920s. Irwin would subsequently join Gershwin and pianist Oscar Levant in piano improvisations at Gershwin's apartment. Irwin began a six-year professional relationship"
"1960s, his voice began to deteriorate and partial vocal paralysis was diagnosed. He took injections of silicone and teflon, but did not improve. In 1977, a massive heart attack left him half paralyzed, with brain damage. After that, his health inexorably declined. A few years later, he managed to survive a second heart attack. On March 24, 1985, he died in Armonk, New York, after a third heart attack. He was 64 years old. Sources George London (bass-baritone) George London (born George Burnstein; May 30, 1920 – March 24, 1985) was an American concert and operatic bass-baritone. George Burnstein was"
"than Ira did. Frances said of Arthur that he played by ear and ""his rhythm wasn't that great."" She used to tease him. ""He was really very funny – he was the funny one of the family ... a natural comedian."" ""When [the other brothers] introduced him, he would say, 'Yes, I'm the unknown Gershwin. George wrote in one of his last letters to his mother (May 19, 1937), ""How is brother Arthur these days? I am glad to hear that he is writing a lot of tunes and I hope that he can find a market for some of"
"office on New York City's Tin Pan Alley, and he earned $15 a week. His first published song was ""When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em, You Don't Want 'Em"" in 1916 when Gershwin was only 17 years old. It earned him 50 cents. In 1916, Gershwin started working for Aeolian Company and Standard Music Rolls in New York, recording and arranging. He produced dozens, if not hundreds, of rolls under his own and assumed names (pseudonyms attributed to Gershwin include Fred Murtha and Bert Wynn). He also recorded rolls of his own compositions for"
"allegations, including Christina Baker Kline and Roslyn Corrigan (who was 16 years old at the time of the alleged incident in 2003). Bush apologized for these incidents through his spokesman, Jim McGrath. At the time, an editorial writer for the ""Washington Post"" noted that some would relate his behavior to his vascular parkinsonism or other senility related conditions. Bush suffered from vascular parkinsonism, a form of Parkinson's disease which had forced him to use a motorized scooter or wheelchair since at least 2012. George H.W. Bush died on November 30, 2018, aged 94, at his home in Houston. Tributes and"