Poetic Obituaries: Hy Zaret, one of the last

of the Tin Pan Alley lyricists, whose most indelible work was the oft-recorded 1955 hit "Unchained Melody" but whose oeuvre ranged from jingles to songs about science to ballads of love and war, died yesterday at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 99.

from New York Times: Hy Zaret, 99, Tin Pan Alley Lyricist, Is Dead

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