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A British-born composer who found his footing in Hollywood dance bands before conquering Broadway, he wrote the scores for Gypsy, Funny Girl and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the last giving the world "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." Across a career running from the 1920s to the 1990s he collaborated with lyricists including Sammy Cahn, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Stephen Sondheim, and won an Academy Award for the title song of Three Coins in the Fountain.