Herbert Kretzmer Dies: ‘Les Miserables’ Lyricist Was 95

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Herbert Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist knew for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, has died. He was 95.

Herbert Kretzmer, who has died aged 95, was at various times an influential theatre and television critic on Britain’s two rival mid-market newspapers, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express, before finding greater fame and infinitely greater fortune with the English libretto for the West End hit musical Les Misérables, widely reckoned the greatest show in musical history.With Alain Boublil (original French lyrics) and Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Kretzmer was the third of the triumvirate who created the English version of Les Misérables, which since it opened in 1985 to largely negative reviews, has broken almost every box-office record.

HERBERT Kretzmer, the Les Miserables lyricist, has died aged 95. The lyricist and journalist was best known for his adaptation of the famous musical.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentHerbert Kretzmer, best known as the lyricist on the English version of the musical “Les Miserables,” and writer of songs such as “Goodness Gracious Me” and Charles Aznavour’s hit “She,” has died at 95.Tributes came in Wednesday from some of the leading lights of the British stage world. “Les Miserables” producer Cameron Mackintosh said: “It is terribly sad to hear that the great Herbert Kretzmer passed away last night after a period of illness.

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