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- Stothart's first wife, Dorothy Wolfe, committed suicide in front of him while he was playing the piano at home, with their 4-year-old daughter in the house.
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Herbert Pope Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a prominent member of the top tier of Hollywood composers during the 1930s and 1940s.
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First wife of composer Herbert Stothart, committed suicide via poison at home.
Who Is Herbert Stothart's Wife? His wife is Mary Wolfe (? - 1 February 1949) ( his death) ( 2 children)
- 64 years old
- soundtrack,composer,music_department
- 11 September, 1885
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Rózsa reprises Stothart’s bittersweet triple-meter theme from the first film to emphasize Kay’s relationship with Clem, the true love of her life. The cue gently fades out when she reads Judy a letter in which Spike acknowledges that his meeting Kay has only deepened his love for his wife.
When Herbert Pope Stothart was born on 11 September 1885, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Pope Norris 'Ned' Stothart, was 26 and his mother, Henriette Weidner, was 18. He married Dorothy Wylie Wolfe on 18 March 1917, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
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- Mary Vernon Wolfe, Dorothy Wylie Wolfe
Rose Marie, a huge hit of the '20s written with Rudolf Friml, followed, but the thrill of this success was tempered by the sudden and tragic death of Stothart's wife Dorothy.
Stothart's first wife, Dorothy, with whom he had a daughter, committed suicide in front of her husband. His second marriage was to Mary Wolfe until his death; they had two children. Herbert Stothart died of cancer in 1949 at the age of 63.
