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Addams Family songwriter dies

The Philippine Star

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The songwriter who wrote the catchy theme songs to The Addams Family and Green Acres television shows has died. Vic Mizzy (photo) was 93.

His manager Jonathan Wolfson says Mizzy recently died at his home in Bel Air. He didn’t know the cause of death.

Mizzy got his start in vaudeville and wrote songs that were recorded by Dean Martin, Doris Day, Perry Como and Billie Holiday in the ‘40s and ‘50s.

His hits included The Whole World Is Singing My Song and With a Hey and a Hi and a Ho-Ho-Ho.

Mizzy has said that he didn’t mind if people only remember him for the finger snaps at the start of The Addams Family theme. After all, he said “two snaps got me a mansion in Bel Air.”

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ADDAMS FAMILY

BEL AIR

DEAN MARTIN

DORIS DAY

GREEN ACRES

HO-HO-HO

JONATHAN WOLFSON

MIZZY

PERRY COMO AND BILLIE HOLIDAY

VIC MIZZY

WHOLE WORLD IS SINGING MY SONG

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