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- Birth nameIsadore Szathmary
- Irving Szathmary was born on October 30, 1907 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for Get Smart (2008), Get Smart (1965) and I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962). He was married to Monica E Reighley, Irene Braun and Julia Cutter. He died on October 29, 1983 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesMonica E Reighley(May 24, 1962 - October 29, 1983) (his death)Irene Braun(March 6, 1936 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Julia Cutter(May 31, 1929 - ?) (divorced)
- Brother of Bill Dana.
- From the mid-1930s, he worked as an arranger for the big bands of Benny Goodman, Emery Deutsch, Artie Shaw, Paul Whiteman and Jack Teagarden. During the '50s, he arranged for Your Hit Parade (1950), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) (The Ed Sullivan Show) and, on radio, for the advertising agency BBDO.
- The eldest of six children born to a Hungarian father and an American mother from Rhode Island, he was a child prodigy on the piano from the age of five.
- His one hit as a songwriter was "Leave it to Love" (1948-50).
- Retired to the island of Malta in the mid-1970s.
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