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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.
Ashman was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in January 1988 during production of The Little Mermaid, as he continued to write songs. Peter Kunze noted that Ashman was supported by Jeffrey Katzenberg ; Disney created a production unit near his home in Beacon, New York , allowing him to continue working on Beauty and the Beast , while undergoing treatment ...
Aug 6, 2020 · 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 · According to Howard, it was the first Academy Award given to someone lost to AIDS. Howard Ashman with Paige O’Hara, the voice of Belle in “Beauty and the Beast” Courtesy of Disney+. As Howard mentions, it’s debatable whether Ashman’s HIV status filtered into his lyrics.
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.
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Apr 30, 2018 · The new documentary ‘Howard’ captures the life of late Disney songwriting great Howard Ashman, who wrote the lyrics for ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ and ‘Aladdin.’.
