son, Andrew, and daughter, Elizabeth (Liz), from his marriage to Pat Collins-Sarnoff. Famous friends Raposo was a close friend of Frank Sinatra, Tom Lehrer, WNYC radio personality Jonathan Schwartz, and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Bert Salzman. Sinatra recorded four of Raposo's songs on his 1973 album Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. Sinatra insisted the album be composed entirely of Raposo's compositions, but the record label balked and prevailed over Sinatra, limiting him to four. Jonathan Schwartz reports that Sinatra idolized and popularized Raposo and his music, frequently attending Raposo's parties at his and first wife Susan's New York apartment during the 1960s with glamorous friends and several cronies, including Leo Durocher. Schwartz's memoir adds that Sinatra was infatuated with Raposo's piano-playing skill and commonly referred to him to others, characteristically, as "Raposo at the piano", or "the genius". Death Raposo died on February 5, 1989, in Bronxville, New York, of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, three days before his 52nd birthday. He was survived by wife, Pat Collins, his four children and by his parents who were at the time living in Chatham, Massachusetts. His grave is located at Union Cemetery in Chatham. In 1998, many of his manuscripts were donated by Collins-Sarnoff to Georgetown University Library. Raposo was eulogized in the April 1990 documentary Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music, which was hosted and directed by Sesame Street crew member Jon Stone. A tribute CD was released in 1992 commemorating his work on Sesame Street. Credits and lecturesFilm Scores – Composer Steinbeck in Memoriam (1966) The Frog Prince (1971) (TV movie) The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972) Savages (1973) Big Mo (1974) Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977) The Great Muppet Caper (1981)Television – Musical Director and/or Composer/Lyricist/Producer Sesame Street (1969–1989) The Electric Company (1971–1974) Visions (1974–1979) Metromedia Television (1967–1969)Theme Songs – Composer or Composer/Lyricist Sesame Street The Electric Company Three's Company We'll Get By The Ropers Shining Time Station Madeline Steampipe Alley The Dr. Fad Show CBS Morning News television specials – Music Director/Composer America Is (CBS – Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program) Curious George Pontoffel Pock (Dr. Seuss) Cabbage Patch Christmas Broadway and Off-Broadway – Composer/Lyricist and/or Musical Director A Wonderful Life, with Sheldon Harnick Raggedy Ann, with William Gibson You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, incidental music with Charles Schulz and Clark Gesner Half a Sixpence, with Tommy Steele Play It Again, Sam, with