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Person Detail: Ira Gershwin
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| Full Name: Ira Gershwin | ||
| Biography: (1896-1983) Lyricist. Ira Gershwin was born in Manhattan, New York in 1896. |
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| 1896 |
New York County Ira Gershwin was born in Manhattan, New York in 1896. |
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| 1983 |
(Unknown) County Ira Gershwin died in Beverly Hills, California in 1983. |
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| 1918 |
New York County Gershwin attended City College of New York in Manhattan, New York. |
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| 1926 |
New York County Ira Gershwin and his family lived at 316 West 103rd Street in Manhattan, New York. |
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| 1927 |
Westchester County Ira and his brother, George, spent the spring and summer months of 1927 at the Chumleigh Farm, in Ossining, New York. |
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| 1928 |
New York County Ira Gershwin moved to Riverside Drive and 75th Street, Manhattan, New York in 1928. |
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| 1938 |
(Unknown) County They Can't Take That Away From Me 1938 Oscar nomination for Best Song. |
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| 1945 |
(Unknown) County Long Ago and Far Away 1945 Oscar nomination for Best Song. |
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| 1955 |
(Unknown) County The Man That Got Away 1955 Oscar nomination for Best Song. |
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| 1924 |
(Unknown) County Lady Be Good Ira Gershwin collaborated on this musical comedy with his brother, composer George Gershwin. |
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| 1931 |
(Unknown) County Of Thee I Sing Pulitzer Prize-winning play. |
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Westchester County Ira Gershwin is interred in the Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. |
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