Wright, Robert Craig

▪ 2006

      American lyricist and composer (b. Sept. 25, 1914, Daytona Beach, Fla.—d. July 27, 2005, Miami, Fla.), collaborated with George (“Chet”) Forrest for more than 70 years—frequently adapting classical composers' music—to create some 2,000 songs featured in 16 stage musicals, 18 revues, and 58 movies, as well as a number of cabaret acts. Among their best-known musicals were Song of Norway (1944), the Tony Award-winning Kismet (1953), and Grand Hotel (1989).

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