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Mar 11, 2021 · Playwright, stage director and lyricist Howard Ashman died on March 14, 1991. He weighed 80 pounds, had lost his sight and could barely speak. What he left behind was an unparalleled legacy...
Apr 20, 2018 · Ashman was grappling, at first secretly and then openly, with AIDS throughout the process of creating The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and a good portion of Aladdin.
Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music.
Howard Ashman, 1950-1991. Recording by Alan Menken. Story by Irwin M. Rappaport and Alan Menken. Howard Ashman was a masterful writer, lyricist and director, in my opinion the greatest of our generation, who died of AIDS on March 14, 1991, at the age of 40. My name is Alan Menken.
As a new documentary about lyricist Howard Ashman heads to Disney+, the voices of Ariel and Belle, as well as Ashman’s life partner, recount his own magical, tragic love story.
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Aug 14, 2020 · The HIV Story Behind “Beauty and the Beast” and Other Disney Classics. The documentary “Howard” explores the life and AIDS-related death of Oscar-winning lyricist Howard Ashman. Even if the name Howard Ashman doesn’t ring a bell, you certainly know his songs.
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Howard died of AIDS in 1991, shortly before the release of Beauty and the Beast. Janet Maslin, reviewing the animated film Beauty and the Beast in the New York Times, quoting from "Be Our Guest," wrote:
