In Memoriam: Notable people who died in 2025
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Composer Charles Strouse won Tony Awards for three of his enduring musicals. “Bye Bye Birdie”
won for Best Musical in 1961, “Applause” won for Best Musical in 1970, and “Annie” won for Best
Original Score in 1977. Strouse won a Grammy in 1978 for the best cast show album for “Annie,”
and won an Emmy for “Bye Bye Birdie” in 1996. Stouse wrote scores for movies such as 1967’s
“Bonnie and Clyde.” He also wrote the theme song for the TV show “All in the Family,” for which he was
inducted into the OFTA TV Hall of Fame in 2021. Strouse died on May 15 at the age of 96.
