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Carl Sigman

American songwriter and lyricist

1909 – 2000aged 91

A lyricist who wrote the English words to "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story," the Andy Williams hit that helped carry the 1970 film Love Story to the top of the box office, and to "It's All in the Game," which gave Tommy Edwards a No. 1 hit in 1958 built on a melody composed decades earlier by a U.S. vice president. He also wrote "Ebb Tide" and "Pennsylvania 6-5000" with Glenn Miller, and specialized in setting English lyrics to European melodies like "Answer Me" and "What Now My Love?"

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