There's probably nobody more important in Broadway history than Stephen Sondheim.

He wrote music and lyrics for Sweeney Todd into the woods, Sunday in the park with George,

Company, and a whole lot of other shows.

Sondheim won eight Tony Awards, eight Grammy Awards of Pulitzer Prize for drama and the

presidential medal of freedom.

And along the way he made work so beloved that it's been produced again and again around

the world.

And I'm Linda Holmes and today we're remembering Stephen Sondheim on Pop Culture Happy Hour from

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So composer Stephen Sondheim died on Friday.

He was 91 and where to start.

Stephen Sondheim was mentored by Oscar Hammerstein, the lyricist behind the king and I in

South Pacific and the sound of music among other things.

Sondheim had his first successes on Broadway, writing the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.

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