Rarmin (talk) Robert Armin · CC BY 3.0

A songwriter whose "It Was a Very Good Year" became a signature late-career song for Frank Sinatra and later won a Grammy for its orchestral arrangement, while his earlier composition "I Believe" turned into a hit for multiple artists and a staple of American songbook recordings. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983, he wrote across a wide range of styles over a career spanning decades.