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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 16, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 7 Broadway composer Loewe Dies teamed with Teener to create hit musicals Palm Springs Calif. A Frederick Locc who created Llic unforgettable tunes Tor Alan Jay Lern or s lyrics in my fair lady Brigadoon and  died sunday Al the age of 86. Longtime Friend and guardian John f. Morris said Lowe died of heart failure. He had been taken to desert Hospital on wednesday because or Chesl pains and breathing trouble. Morris said. A desert Hospital nursing supervisor who asked thai her name no tic used said in we died at 1 51 . Fritz was a Gic in Friend and a great Man Morris said referring to lwwi1 by his nickname. A Public funeral will probably be held Morris said adding that Locc s close Friend comedian red skel ton has written a met Beautiful  during an is year partnership Loewe and Lerner whole such Nils As Brigadoon in 1947, my fair lady in 1956and Camelot in i960. The team reunited in 197 Tor a Broadway production of Gigi which icy had done As a film in 1958.  died in 198 it. Other Hiis produced by the pair included almost like being in  i could have danced Alt night on the so real where you live i be grown accustomed in her fact and if Ever i should leave  the Cam s Callahn Rolion began with a one night Flop in Detroit in 11-12 and hey parted bitterly after Ca Mcvol their Lam Broadway hit in i960. After they reunited in 1973, for the Broadway production of Gigi they remained friends. It was Alan who was always wanting to know what i wan cd him id say about me Al my memorial. Rut Fate chanced ail  Loewe wrote after la incr s death in 1986. Ii won l be Long however before Well be writing to Gelhar again. I just Hope they have a de cent piano up  Loewe a a born june 10, 1101, to a distinguished musical family in Vienna Austria his father. Edmund was a leading Tenor who had Sung in inc pre Miere of the merry  and his Mother Rose was an actress the boy began piano lessons Al age 5 and began composing at age 7. At 13 he became he youngest pianist to appear As sol Oil with the Berlin symphony. He was 15 when he published katrina a song thai sold 2 million copies of Sheet music in Europe. Loewe came to he United slates in 1924 with hones the newly married Loewe began to write popular songs again and love tip Loei through my heart was included in a Broadway production of Petticoat fever in 193. Teaming Wilh lyricist Earl Crocker Loewe wrote Salute to Spring which was produced by the is. Louis municipal open in 1917. That show led loan offer from a Broadway producer but the resulting great lady ran just 30 performances in 1938. Discouraged Loewa again set his heart on a concert career but another unsuccessful recital in 1942, this Lime at Carnegie Hall ended those Hopes. He then accepted an offer Tram a Stock company in do Broil to adapt a farce the palsy and invited a cmdr to do the lyrics. That first collaboration retitled life of the party ran one performance and the Slock company Ihnn collapsed. However the partners tried again and what up ran 63 in Gilson Broadway in 1943. They had greater Success with the Day before Spring which began a 165-Nighl run in november 1945, Lerner s fascination Wilh scottish writer sir James Barrie led to the team s first hit thaw Brigadoon and their first hit song almost like being in love in 1947. Loewe and a cmdr went their separate ways far a Lime bul reunited in 1951 to produce print your  Neil came my fair lady a musical Adap tation of Goree Bernard Shaw s pygmalion the show began a 2,717-Pcrformance run on March is 1956. And won Loewe his first of two Tony awards. Meanwhile the team produced a film musical Gigi based on the Novella by cold tic. Produced in austrian born Frederick love for a Carter As a piano soloist. After his debut at town Hall in new York was ignored Loewe embarked on a Bohemian life playing piano in clubs and movie houses and even working As a Busboy. Liter he wandered the country prospecting for Gold herding cattle delivering mail on horseback and teach ing Riding at a new Hampshire resort. As n Bantam weight Boice in Brooklyn he wan eight offline professional Boull. Loewe married Ernestine a Crlin in 1931 they hid no children and were divorced in 1957. 1958, in won lavish Praise and was inc first film to win nine Academy awards including an Oscar to Loewe As co writer of inc title song. Other songs included thank heaven for Little girls and i m glad i m not Young anymore Sung by Maurice Chevalier. Uoc we suffered a major heart Mack at he Lime the film opened delaying work on the ecu project Cam col which was panned when in opened in 1950 but was greatly loved by president Kennedy. Camelot ran 87 performances and toured for iwo years. A him version in 1967 won Ihrck Academy awards. Al a gala in their Honor in 1979, la incr said of his partner. A collaboration As intense As ours Ines Apah in had to be Complex. Bui 1 loved him More than i understood or misunderstood him and i know he loved me More limn he understood or misunderstood computer service matches compatible Szuc fens Elmhurst. 111. A a High school teacher in suburban Chicago has devised a computer service that can come up Wilh a list of the 10-most-com Paible classmates for a Len Ager who punches in the answers to 33 q be skins. But Sandra Pryz says she pct not guarantee fireworks and candlelight. It s just an icebreaker on excuse to talk to someone. They re at an age when they re not sure of themselves said pry who leaches Al Willowbrook High school in Villa Park and lives in nearby Eli Hurst. Thousands of questionnaires arc processed each year she snid especially at this Lime of year. We kind of go Cray right around Valentine s Day she said. The matchup produce some inter Esting reactions according to students. My no. I was like a nerd said Kris tin Lisz Kowald a senior Al Willowbrook. He s a real brain and i m More the aver age Joe Schmo i would never go for him. But it made me feel Good that i was matched up with interesting kinds of co ple she said. Julie Synovic senior class president at Zion Benlon High school said she did t know her tap match and was not particularly interested once she found out More about him but in was a Good Lopic of Conversa Tion she said like you re on my list of. Waw we Musl have some thing in common " Pryz and her partner Dan Burgess started computer Daze five years ago As a Way for schools to raise Money. They charge 60 cents per list and schools charge students about $1 and keep the Profil Pryz said. Inc forms students fill out include questions such As what is the worst thing a leather can do what would you do if you found 1100? what absolutely turns you off How do you fee when a teacher criticizes you in class the questions have no double mean ing pro. Said. Some kids have asked us to put in what will and won l you do on inc first Date first base second base?1 but we won t do  pry said computer dating has none of the stigma in High schools that in sometimes has Wilh adults. The kids scream and shriek when they open the tellers said Pryz. She said she also offers the service on a nationwide basis. I s a big thing for a few weeks said Synovic who has participated the computer Matching program for inc last four years we joke about  said Wayne har Rison a Junior Al Zion Bonlon i never do anything Wilh my Lisl. I Don t even know my no. I girl but inc whole thing does give you something to talk about during  new miss garlic says she could t live without it Covington by. A they we cud their an a Clits Wilh garlic soup munched on whole baked Gar Lic bulbs Savoured inc fresh garlic sausage and lopped it off Wilh ice Cream flecked with minced garlic. As far As revellers Al a weekend garlic Fisl were concerned the menu was tastefully done. You All have such a Nice Aroma to you restaurateur Mick Noll told the crowd that gathered Al his co Vingin Kjus for closing ceremonies saturday night highlight cd by a fourth annual miss garlic Corn petition. No one disagreed. I Don t think i d be Able to live without garlic. I have it for breakfast lunch and dinner said Eileen Knarr 73, of Laconia who won the miss garlic Crown. About 400 people attended inc three Day festival at it restaurant across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. The smell of garlic pervaded inc eatery gaining strength Wilh Ever 1 garlic peeling contest held on the dance door. They lined up for the decline contests wore head bands made of garlic cloves and downed dishes spiced with 160 pounds of garlic imported from Gilroy Calif., the nation s unofficial garlic Capitol. Nine women competed for the miss garlic Crown which carries with it an obligation to try to improve the Herb s reputation. A Starr expressed her Devotion to the Clove and her plans for fulfilling her reign ill be on my toes she said. If you eat a whole Bunch of garlic for a year you be got to keep  that was enough for the judges who compared notes on the contestants As the festival s first miss garlic Helen Lewin of fort Wright Sang a composition tilled me and my garlic to inc tune of me and my  after an accordion fanfare Knarr was chosen the Winner and received the Crown and Sash from Patricia Gorrasi of Cincinnati inc defending Queen who was forced in sit out this year s pageant. Gorrasi gave up her plans to try to retain the Crown because some of her family Mem bin sniffed at the title. My children said i was a source of embarrassment to them she said  
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