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George David Weiss Dies at 89

Wrote ‘What A Wonderful World’ and ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’

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Songwriter, Broadway impresario, and musician George David Weiss died Monday. Below, enjoy his most famous song, which somehow manages to be affecting even after the 500th time you’ve heard it.

  • http://jew-ish.com Eric

    No disrespect to Weiss, but ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ wasn’t his. Pretty cool BBC Radio documentary on it:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/07/100715_greatest_hits_pt2.shtml

  • http://people2remember.com dyulyur

    It is terrible tragedy that George David Weiss has passed away. You can help remember him by contributing to his memorial website at http://georgedavidweiss.people2remember.com/

  • Mike Gibbowr

    One of the Greatest Songwriters in the world… George David Weiss, along with one of the Greatest Singers of all time… Louis Armstrong, made “What a Wonderful World” a Song that will continue to touch hearts for as along as Music is Heard.

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George David Weiss Dies at 89

Wrote ‘What A Wonderful World’ and ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’