Charles Strouse — the Broadway composer and lyricist behind some of the most beloved Broadway musicals including Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, and Applause — died peacefully at his home in New York ...

Charles Strouse, a composer whose hits on the Broadway shows “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie” earned him three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy, died on Thursday. He was 96.

Three-time Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Charles Strouse, whose work included “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Thursday. He was 96. The news was confirmed to the New York ...

Charles Strouse — the Broadway composer and lyricist behind some of the most beloved Broadway musicals including Annie,Bye Bye Birdie, and Applause — died peacefully at his home in New York on ...

The creator of the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie died at his home in New York City on Thursday, according to a press release shared with NPR by The Press Room. Strouse was 96.

He has always been that way.” His Broadway career began in 1960 with “Bye Bye Birdie,” which Strouse wrote with lyricist Lee Adams and librettist Michael Stewart.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway’s industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as “Annie,” “Bye ...