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March 14, 1991 (40 years old)
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Taurus
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Celebrities born on May 17
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Howard Ashman
Howard Elliott Ashman was an American playwright, stage director and lyricist. He collaborated with composer Alan Menken on several works an is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Menken composed the music. Ashman and Menken began their collaboration with the musical God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, for which Ashman directed and wrote both book and lyrics. Their next musical, Little Shop of Horrors, for which Ashman again directed and wrote both book and lyrics, became a long-running success and led to a 1986 feature film. At Disney, the duo worked on the films The Little Mermaid, which began what is considered to be the "Disney Renaissance", and Beauty and the Beast. After his death, some of Ashman's songs were included in another Disney film, Aladdin.
BornHoward Elliott Ashman, May 17, 1950, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DiedMarch 14, 1991, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Resting placeOheb Shalom Memorial Park
Alma materIndiana University
OccupationPlaywright, stage director, lyricist
Years active1977–1991

About Howard Ashman

Playwright Howard Ashman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States on May 17, 1950. He dies at the age of 40, on March 14, 1991.

Usually collaborates alongside Composer Alan Menken as a playwright and lyricist for Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

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Howard Ashman before becoming famous

Howard Ashman was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1950 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He worked as the artistic director of a New York theater. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater was his first collaboration with Menken, which was released in 1979.

Achievement of Howard Ashman

In 2001, he was awarded a Disney Legend. His first job with the corporation was on Oliver & Company, which he started in 1988.

Howard Ashman's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1992, he received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his work on Aladdin, which his life partner Bill Lauch accepted after Ashman's death in 1991.

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He and Menken also cooperated on the 1982 musical Little Shop of Horrors, which was based on Director Roger Corman's 1960 low-budget film The Little Shop of Horrors.

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