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Music Director Mort Lindsey Passes Away at 89

By: May. 09, 2012
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According to the New York Times, orchestrator, composer, pianist, conductor and musical director Mort Lindsey passed away from complications from a broken hip on May 4. He was 89 years old. Lindsey is survived by sons Trevor and David, daughters Bonney Dunn, Deborah Morris and Judy Grant, and sister Janet.

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Lindsey worked with such famed artists as Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Pat Boone, and Merv Griffin. Lindsey was a composer of motion picture scores including I Could Go On Singing, The Best Man, Real Life, Stolen Hours, and Gay Purr-ee. He won an Emmy Award for Barbra Streisand in Central Park.




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