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Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film. He won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honours. Born in New York City, he was the son of Edith Adelson Lerner and Joseph Jay Lerner, whose brother, Samuel Alexander Lerner, was founder and owner of the Lerner Stores, a chain of dress shops. One of Lerner's cousins was the radio comedian/television game show panelist Henry Morgan.

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LERNER WAS EDUCATED AT BEDALES SCHOOL IN ENGLAND, THE CHOATE SCHOOL (NOW CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL) IN WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, (WHERE HE WROTE "THE CHOATE MARCHING SONG") AND HARVARD. HE ATTENDED BOTH CAMP ANDROSCOGGIN AND CAMP GREYLOCK.[1] AT BOTH CHOATE AND HARVARD, LERNER WAS A CLASSMATE OF JOHN F. KENNEDY; AT CHOATE THEY HAD WORKED TOGETHER ON THE YEARBOOK STAFF.[2] LIKE COLE PORTER AT YALE AND RICHARD RODGERS AT COLUMBIA, HIS CAREER IN MUSICAL THEATER BEGAN WITH HIS COLLEGIATE CONTRIBUTIONS, IN LERNER'S CASE TO THE ANNUAL HARVARD HASTY PUDDING MUSICALS. DURING THE SUMMERS OF 1936 AND 1937, LERNER STUDIED MUSIC COMPOSITION AT JUILLIARD. WHILE ATTENDING HARVARD, HE LOST HIS SIGHT IN HIS LEFT EYE DUE TO AN ACCIDENT IN THE BOXING RING. IN 1957, LERNER AND LEONARD BERNSTEIN, ANOTHER OF LERNER'S COLLEGE CLASSMATES, COLLABORATED ON "LONELY MEN OF HARVARD," A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK SALUTE TO THEIR ALMA MATER. DUE TO HIS INJURY, LERNER COULD NOT SERVE IN WORLD WAR II. INSTEAD HE WROTE RADIO SCRIPTS.

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Lerner's personal foibles were the stuff of tabloid legend. For nearly twenty years he battled an amphetamine addiction; during the 1960s he was a patient of Max Jacobson, known as "Dr. Feelgood", who administered injections of "vitamins with enzymes" that were in fact laced with amphetamines. Lerner's addiction is believed to have been the result of Jacobson's bizarre practice.He married eight times: Ruth Boyd (1940–1947), singer Marion Bell (1947–1949), actress Nancy Olson (1950–1957), lawyer Micheline Muselli Pozzo di Borgo (1957–1965), editor Karen Gunderson (1966–1974), Sandra Payne (1974–1976), Nina Bushkin (1977–1981) and Liz Robertson (1981–1986 [his death]).Lerner died of lung cancer in Manhattan at the age of 67. At the time of his death he was married to actress Liz Robertson, who was 36 years his junior.He lived in Center Island, New York. Lerner had four children: three daughters, Susan (by Boyd), Liza and Jennifer (by Olson); and one son, screenwriter and journalist Michael Alan Lerner (by di Borgo).

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WORKSSTAGELIFE OF THE PARTY (1942), WITH FREDERICK LOEWEWHAT'S UP? (1943), WITH FREDERICK LOEWETHE DAY BEFORE SPRING (1945), WITH FREDERICK LOEWEBRIGADOON (1947), WITH FREDERICK LOEWELOVE LIFE (1948), WITH KURT WEILLPAINT YOUR WAGON (1951), FREDERICK LOEWEMY FAIR LADY (1956), WITH FREDERICK LOEWECAMELOT (1960), WITH FREDERICK LOEWEON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (1965), WITH BURTON LANECOCO (1969), WITH ANDRÉ PREVINLOLITA, MY LOVE (1971), WITH JOHN BARRYGIGI (1973), WITH FREDERICK LOEWE1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE (1976), WITH LEONARD BERNSTEINCARMELINA (1979), WITH BURTON LANE AND JOSEPH STEINDANCE A LITTLE CLOSER (1983), WITH CHARLES STROUSE

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WORKSFILMSROYAL WEDDING, 1951 (LYRICIST)AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) (WRITER)BRIGADOON, 1954 (FILM) (LYRICIST)GIGI, 1958 (SCREENWRITER/LYRICIST)THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, 1960 (LYRICIST)MY FAIR LADY, 1964 (SCREENWRITER/LYRICIST)CAMELOT, 1967 (SCREENWRITER/LYRICIST)PAINT YOUR WAGON, 1969 (PRODUCER/SCREENWRITER/LYRICIST)ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, 1970 (SCREENWRITER/LYRICIST)THE LITTLE PRINCE, 1973 (SCREENWRITER/LYRICIST)

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AWARDS AND HONORSKENNEDY CENTER HONORS, 1985

ACADEMY AWARDBEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, 1951 AN AMERICAN IN PARISBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, 1958 GIGIBEST ORIGINAL SONG, 1958 GIGI

GOLDEN GLOBEBEST ORIGINAL SONG, 1968 CAMELOTBEST ORIGINAL SCORE, 1975 THE LITTLE PRINCE

TONY AWARDBEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL, 1957 MY FAIR LADYBEST ORIGINAL SCORE, 1957 MY FAIR LADY AND 1974 GIGII

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