Hirson, Roger O.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Hirson, Roger O.
Date of birth
1926-05-05
Date of death
2019-05-27
Field of activity
Musicals
Television authorship
Occupation
Librettists
Television writers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 78780254
Wikidata: Q3439329
Library of congress: n 87860085
TAU10: 000584651
Sources of Information
  • New York times WWW site, viewed May 30, 2019(in obituary published May 29: Roger O. Hirson; b. Roger Overholt Hirson, May 5, 1926, Manhattan; d. there May 27, aged 93; prominent writer for live television in the 1950s and '60s who collaborated with the composer Stephen Schwartz on the hit Broadway musical Pippin)
  • Hallmark hall of fame. Bell for Adano [MP] 1967:credits (adapted for television by Roger O. Hirson)
  • LC in OCLC, 2-24-88(hdg.: Hirson, Roger O.)