He’s known for such songs as “Tomorrow,” “It's the Hard Knock Life,” “Put on a Happy Face” and the ‘All in the Family’ theme ...

He wrote some of the most enduring musical theater numbers of his era and earned three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy.

In an interview with the Tribune in 2011, Strouse was asked if he had any idea that the Broadway show would be such a hit.

NEW YORK -- Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway's industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music ...