LC control no. | n 83160819 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Kasha, Al |
Birth date | 1937-01-22 |
Death date | 2020-09-14 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Field of activity | Motion picture music Popular music Pastoral theology |
Affiliation | Oasis Christian Fellowship |
Profession or occupation | Composers Clergy |
Found in | His If they ask you, you can write a song, 1984: CIP t.p. (Al Kasha) LC data base, 11/15/83 (hdg.: Kasha, Al) Film composers guide, c1990 (Al Kasha; b. 1-22-1937, New York, N.Y.) Washington post WWW site, viewed Sept. 18, 2020 (in obituary dated Sept. 15, 2020: Al Kasha, who partnered with Joel Hirschhorn to write Oscar-winning songs such as "The Morning After," a ballad for the disaster epic "The Poseidon Adventure"” that became an unexpected pop hit, died Sept. 14 in Los Angeles. He was 83; born in Brooklyn on Jan. 22, 1937. He became an ordained minister and, together with his wife, Ceil, founded a church known as Oasis Christian Fellowship) |
Associated language | eng |