Tom Jones has died.
He was lyricist, with composer Harvey Schmidt, for the longest running musical in the world, The Fantasticks.
With Schmidt, he also wrote I Do! I Do! and 110 in the Shade and more.
He was 95 years old.
Here’s Jerry Orbach, who originated the role of El Gallo in The Fantasticks, singing his signature song from that show:
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