NEWS
May 12, 2002 | BETTIJANE LEVINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tita is in. The widow of the famed lyricist Sammy Cahn is at the door of her Beverly Hills mini-manse. On the phone as she greets a guest while directing an offstage servant: "Mahogany," she bellows, arms waving, "some water for our visitor." The Cahn house is behind electric gates just steps from Rodeo Drive, and from the homes of other famous-name wives and widows who've matured along with the city, which is still Old Hollywood's boudoir belt. Today Tita is--for lack of a better word--working.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 16, 1994 | DON HECKMAN
Who says you need a huge amphitheater, flashy lighting and a big orchestra to produce a musical tribute? Monday's homage to songwriter Sammy Cahn at the Directors Guild Theatre had little more than a stage, a piano and a projection screen. But it was more than enough--in part because of the array of talent assembled to sample the extensive Cahn catalogue, in part because of the genuine affection that underscored the entire evening.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 22, 1993 | ALEENE MacMINN, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and
international news services and the nation's press
Paying Tribute: Memorial services have been announced for lyricist Sammy Cahn, acting coach Stella Adler and EZTV video gallery founder John Dorr. Cahn's memorial will be at 11 a.m. today at Pierce Bros. in Westwood. The honor for Dorr is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at EZTV in West Hollywood. Adler's service is Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Mark Taper Forum.
NEWS
January 16, 1993 | MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sammy Cahn, the burlesque violinist who grew up to write some of America's favorite songs and win four Academy Awards for such tunes as "Three Coins in the Fountain" and "All the Way," died Friday. He was 79. Cahn died at 1 p.m. in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he had been under treatment since Dec. 30 for congestive heart failure, hospital spokesman Ron Wise said.
BUSINESS
July 10, 1990 | JUBE SHIVER Jr., TIMES STAFF WRITER
Backed by the National Music Publishers' Assn., a California songwriter on Monday filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to block Sony Corp. from selling its digital audiotape recorders in the United States. In a 24-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, songwriter Sammy Cahn and four other plaintiffs accuse Sony of "actively promoting the ability of DAT recorders to make perfect digital copies of compact discs" and thereby infringing the plaintiffs' copyrights.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 2, 1990 | From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports
Guess where they put the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for tunesmith Sammy Cahn, who wrote Frank Sinatra's hits "Three Coins in the Fountain," "Call Me Irresponsible," "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Love and Marriage?" In front of Greg Ward's Men's Clothing Shop is where--right next to where Ol' Blue Eyes is enshrined in the pavement. "His wife requested that," Ana Holler, a spokeswoman for the Hollywood Walk of Fame, explained before Cahn was honored with the star today.