Betty Comden Dead at 89

In Memory

Bette Comden, the female half of musical writing team Comden and Green, passed away Thanksgiving Day in a New York Hospital at age 89. The Comden and Green team were responisable for musical work both in Hollywood, where their most famous project was the 1952 musical Singing in the Rain, and on Broadway for hits such as 'Wonderfull Town.' The team recived its last of many Tonys in 1991 for 'The Will Rogers Follies'. Adolph Green passed away in 2002.