{"id":966,"date":"2026-04-17T00:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/?p=966"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:55:14","slug":"disney-legend-passes-away-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/?p=966","title":{"rendered":"Disney Legend Passes Away At 95"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/670453429_921640687374227_6897124828253091972_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=13d280&amp;_nc_ohc=6GBu2lMYiEMQ7kNvwHt4Nap&amp;_nc_oc=AdpGznjiRJigVKpeLnm63Tx-FEPCYz0kbd9EbqBAkn-XKK95hIe222pxqB0sybNr4hY&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&amp;_nc_gid=QwPJNgwo38VtNR2loJfHIg&amp;_nc_ss=7a3a8&amp;oh=00_Af2RHuEM9is-sdlly5XmKeIprCYTF4TE67x4WWSf6bQw9Q&amp;oe=69E76F58\" alt=\"May be an image of text that says 'Disney Legend Passes Away At 95'\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Richard M. Sherman, known for creating songs for films like \u201cMary Poppins,\u201d died at 95 on Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His wife, Elizabeth Gluck, and children, Gregory, Victoria, and Lynda, survive him.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry themeform\">\n<div class=\"entry-inner\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1701626\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A funeral will be held on May 31 at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.<\/p>\n<p>Sherman and his brother Robert B. Sherman won numerous accolades, including two Oscars and three Grammy Awards. Disney CEO Bob Iger said, \u201cRichard Sherman was the embodiment of what it means to be a Disney Legend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pixar\u2019s Pete Docter praised Sherman\u2019s \u201cinfectious joy for life,\u201d and film historian Leonard Maltin highlighted the Sherman brothers\u2019 optimistic outlook, noting, \u201cTheir music had an upbeat outlook that spilled over into Richard\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18190\" src=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/598938.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/598938.jpeg 822w, https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/598938-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/598938-768x502.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sherman\u2019s career included scores for \u201cMary Poppins,\u201d \u201cThe Jungle Book,\u201d and \u201cChitty Chitty Bang Bang.\u201d The Sherman brothers were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and named Disney Legends in 1990.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard M. Sherman, known for creating songs for films like \u201cMary Poppins,\u201d died at 95 on Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His wife, Elizabeth Gluck, and children, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":968,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions\/968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}