Broadway in Sweethearts, Annie Get Your Gun, and Kiss Me, Kate. Death Edwards died of a heart attack in Manhattan at age 61 in 1981 and was interred at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. He was survived by his wife, Ingrid; his son, Keith; his daughter, Valerie, and his mother, Rae Edwards. References External links Sherman Edwards 1970 Mike Whorf interview about 1776 (audio) American male songwriters American musical theatre composers American musical theatre lyricists Broadway composers and lyricists 1919 births 1981 deaths Burials at Kensico Cemetery 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians People from Harlem People from Newark, New Jersey People from Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey Weequahic High School alumni New York University alumni American military personnel of World War II