R.I.P. RICHARD M. SHERMAN

During Disney's golden age, you played (along with your equally talented brother, Robert) a huge role in its untrammeled ebullience. 

For one, your tunes for Mary Poppins introduced words and melodies that are now part of the cultural norm. 

You also composed contagious tracks for The Jungle Book; The Aristocats; The Sword and the Stone; The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh; The Tiger Movie; Christopher Robin; Big Red; The Parent Trap 1961 & 1998; In Search of the Castaways; The Happiest Millionaire; Follow Me Boys; The One and Only, Genuine, Original, Family Band; Iron Man 2; Captain America: The First Avenger; Avengers: End Game; and made "It's a Small World (After All)" the most recognized anthem in all of amusement-park-dom. 

Beyond Disney, you wove cheerful tracks for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Snoopy Come Home; The Magic of Lassie; Magic Journeys; Summer Magic; Charlotte's Web; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1973; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1974; Bedknobs and Broomsticks; The Slipper and the Rose; and Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.

Because of you, Mr. Sherman, we always came away humming and always will. For that we owe you a ton of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious gratitude!