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Lorenz Milton Hart 1895 - 1943

Lorenz Milton Hart was born on May 2, 1895 at Harlem in Manhattan, New York County, New York United States, and died at age 48 years old on November 22, 1943 in New York. Lorenz Hart was buried on November 24, 1943 at Mt Zion Cemetery 59-63 54th Ave, in Queens, Queens County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lorenz Milton Hart.

Lorenz Milton Hart

May 2, 1895

Harlem in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States

November 22, 1943

New York, New York, United States

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May 2, 1895 Harlem, New York, NY Died Nov 22, 1943 New York, NY
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1895

Birthday

May 2, 1895

Birthdate

Harlem in Manhattan, New York County, New York United States

Birthplace

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Religious Beliefs

Jewish and buried in Mount Zion, a Jewish cemetery in Queens, NY
Professional Career

Lorenz Hart was born in Harlem in New York City and attended Columbia University. He met Richard Rodgers in 1918, who was to write the music for songs, musicals, and films with him for the next 25 years. They produced such stage hits as 'Pal Joey," "On Your Toes," "The Boys From Syracuse." and "Jumbo, all of which were made into movies. They also wrote songs for such film musicals as "The Hot Heiress," "Love Me Tonight," which starred Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, and "Mississippi," which starred Bing Crosby. Hart also supplied the English lyrics for a film version of "The Merry Widow" with music by Franz Lehar. Although their show "I'd Rather Be Right was never filmed, the song "Off the Record," which was sung by George M. Cohan on Broadway, was performed by James Cagney playing Cohan in 1942's Yankee Doodle Dandy. Hart's alcoholism, short stature, and repressed guilt about his homosexuality led to problems in his reliability in his collaboration with Rodgers. In 1943, Rodgers began a collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II with the musical Oklahoma. Hart died of pneumonia shortly after Oklahoma's premiere.
Personal Life & Family

Lyricist. Born in Harlem, New York City, New York, he attended private schools and the School of Journalism of Columbia University for two years before being introduced to composer Richard Rodgers in 1918. The pair began their long collaboration with contributions to the Broadway theatre musical "Poor Little Ritz Girl" in 1920. By 1925 they had their own show on Broadway, "The Garrick Gaieties". Their subsequent Broadway successes included "A Connecticut Yankee" in 1927, 1935's "Jumbo," "Babes in Arms" in 1937, 1938's "The Boys from Syracuse," which was based on Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors," and 1940's "Pal Joey." Hart was uninterested in his partner's next project, "Oklahoma," and the pair had a falling out, leaving Rodgers partnered with Oscar Hammerstein II and Hart struggling with alcoholism. Rodgers and Hart reunited to work together on a 1943 revival of "A Connecticut Yankee." On opening night, Hart was thought to be behaving unusually. He disappeared from the theatre and remained missing for two days. When he was finally found in a hotel room, he was very ill. He was rushed to hospital, where he died three days later of pneumonia at age forty-eight.
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1943

Death

November 22, 1943

Death date

Acute alcoholism caused by depression. Pneumonia.

Cause of death

New York, New York United States
Death location

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1943

Gravesite & Burial

November 24, 1943

Funeral date
Mt Zion Cemetery 59-63 54th Ave, in Queens, Queens County, New York 11378, United States
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Lorenz Milton Hart lived 25 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 48.

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