by Barry Manilow and the Benson & Hedges theme "The Dis-Advantages of You," which reached the Top 40 for The Brass Ring in 1967 and was heard in a series of Benson & Hedges cigarette commercials at that time. Academic legacy In 1977, Leigh and others at the Yale School of Music established the Keith Wilson scholarship, to be awarded "to an outstanding major in wind instrument playing." A building in The School of Music at Yale University was named "Abby and Mitch Leigh Hall" in 2001. Death Leigh died in Manhattan on March 16, 2014, from natural causes at the age of 86. Awards Leigh won a Tony Award for composing the music for Man of La Mancha. He was also nominated for a Tony Award as the director of the 1985 revival of The King and I. He received the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame for "The Impossible Dream". References External links http://www.jacksontwentyone.com JACKSON Twenty-One 1928 births 2014 deaths American musical theatre composers American theatre managers and producers Jewish American composers Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Musicians from Brooklyn Jewish American musicians Jewish American songwriters Songwriters from New York (state) Pupils of Paul Hindemith Yale School of Music alumni 21st-century American Jews Tony Award winners