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Mary Poppins songwriter Richard Sherman was ‘a class act and a gentleman’

The American musician died aged 95 on Saturday due to age-related illness

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Richard Sherman

Mary Poppins songwriter Richard M Sherman has been remembered as a “class act” and a “gentleman” after his death at the age of 95.

The US musician and his brother Robert created the songs for the hit musical as well as The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The Walt Disney company said on Saturday that he had died due to age-related illness. Robert died in London aged 86 in 2012.

The brothers wrote more than 150 songs at Disney, including the soundtracks for such films as The Sword And The Stone, The Parent Trap, Bedknobs And Broomsticks, The Aristocrats and The Tigger Movie.