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  • Aug 15, 1901
    Lyricist Ned Washington is born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He writes "When You Wish Upon A Star," "The Nearness Of You" and the Tex Ritter song "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)"
    May 15, 1972
    "Secret Love" songwriter Sammy Fain joins the National Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York. His fellow inductees include Burton Lane, Fred Coots, Ned Washington, Mabel Wayne, Paul Francis Webster and Jack Yellen
    Dec 20, 1976
    Lyricist Ned Washington dies in Los Angeles. He authored "The Nearness Of You," "Rawhide" and "When You Wish Upon A Star," plus the Oscar-winning Tex Ritter classic "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)"

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