Stephen Sondheim

Steven Joshua Sondheim (March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist.
Personal life.
Sondheim was born into a Jewish family in New York City. He grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and later near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He was openly gay. In 2017, he married Jeffrey Romley.
Sondheim died on November 26, 2021 from heart disease in Roxbury, Connecticut at the age of 91.
Career.
Sondheim wrote the words for songs in "" and "West Side Story". Of American composers still living, he had won the most awards. He won:
Sondheim wrote both the music and the words to his musicals.
Many critics like his work, but some people do not like it. "Sweeney Todd" is very different from the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein.