Sammy Cahn

Birth Name:

Samuel Cohen

Birth Date:

June 18, 1913

Birth Place:

New York, New York

Death Date:

January 15, 1993

Place of Death:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

Heart failure

Cemetery Name:

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Music

Associates:

Sammy Cahn, the prolific lyricist whose Oscar-winning songs included Call Me Irresponsible, Three Coins in the Fountain and hundreds of films, pop hits and Broadway songs. Frank Sinatra immortalized many of Mr. Cahn's tunes, including Love and Marriage, now heard on television's Married With Children. The song was awarded a special Emmy from a musical version of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Among his best-known works were Rhythm is Our Business; Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow; I'll Walk Alone; Love and Marriage; Second Time Around; Pocketful of Miracles; My Kind of Town and All That Love Went to Waste.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

1218 Glendon Avenue

Los Angeles, California, 90024

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Section D

Grave Location Description

As you enter the gates drive straight ahead and park near the chapel. Walk into the open lawn area and Sammy Cahn can be found in the center of the grass area.

Grave Location GPS

34.05837, -118.44120

Photos:

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FAQ's

Sammy Cahn was born on June 18, 1913.

Sammy Cahn was born in New York, New York.

Sammy Cahn died on January 15, 1993.

Sammy Cahn died in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Sammy Cahn was 79.

The cause of death was Heart failure.

Sammy Cahn's grave is in Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Videos Featuring Sammy Cahn:

Frank Sinatra Sings Sammy Cahn

The Story of a Song Writer-Sammy Cahn (1962)

Sammy Cahn Interview 1975 Brian Linehan's City Lights

Watch YouTube video titled Perry Como with Eydie Gormé, André Previn & Sammy Cahn

Sammy Cahn