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Jeffrey L Moss of Harris County, TX was born circa 1956. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey L. Moss.
Jeffrey T Moss of Baylor County, TX was born circa 1962. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey T. Moss.
Jeffrey S Moss of Mc lennan County, TX was born circa 1971. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey S. Moss.
Jeff Moss
Born Jeffrey Arnold Moss
June 19, 1942
New York City, New York
Died September 24, 1998 (aged 56)
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Occupation composer and lyricist
Known for writing songs for Sesame Street
Jeffrey Arnold "Jeff" Moss (June 19, 1942 – September 24, 1998) was a composer, lyricist, playwright and television writer, best known for his award-winning work on the children's television series Sesame Street.
Early life
Moss was born in New York City; his father was a stage and screen actor, Arnold Moss, and his mother, Stella Reynolds gave up acting to become a soap opera writer. He attended the Browning School, a prestigious New York private school, and was #1 in his class.
He attended Princeton University and was a member of the Princeton Triangle Club theater company. After graduating in 1963, he took a job as a production assistant at the children's television show Captain Kangaroo (he also got an offer to work for CBS News, which he later said he had turned down because "I've seen the news"). He was married to Broadway and film actress, Marian Hailey.
Sesame Street
In 1969, he became the first head writer, along with a composer and lyricist, for Sesame Street. He would eventually win fourteen Emmy Awards for the show. Songs he wrote for the show include "I Love Trash", "Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood" and "Rubber Duckie". "Rubber Duckie" became a surprise mainstream hit, reaching #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1970. Moss is also credited with, among other things, creating the character of Cookie Monster, based on a puppet Jim Henson had created called "Boggle Eyes".
Moss wrote the song "Nasty Dan", which Johnny Cash sang when he appeared on Sesame Street; it later appeared on 1975 The Johnny Cash Children's Album. In 1976, the song became a #1 hit in France for Claude François, who recorded it with French lyrics under the title "Sale Bonhomme". In 1984, Moss wrote the music and lyric for The Muppets Take Manhattan.
Other works
In the late 1970s, Moss wrote Double Feature, a musical which received good reviews when it opened in New Haven, Connecticut. Moss worked with Mike Nichols and Tommy Tune, but when Moss became adamant about not implementing changes Nichols wanted, Nichols and Tune walked out, and the show opened off-Broadway to poor reviews in October 1981 and quickly closed. In 1993, he penned the music for a Rita and Runt song, "I'm Nobody's Mama", for Animaniacs, along with show writer Deanna Oliver.
Moss wrote many children's books, including the 1989 book "The Butterfly Jar" and the 1992 "Bob and Jack: A Boy and His Yak". He also wrote some under the Sesame Street brand name, such as "The Sesame Street Book of Poetry" and The Sesame Street Songbook.
His other works include "The Other Side of the Door" (1991), "Hieronymus White: A Bird Who Believed That He Always Was Right" (1994), "Bone Poems" (1998), and "The Dad of the Dad of the Dad of Your Dad."
Recognition
Moss was credited with winning fourteen Emmy Awards, and in 1984, was nominated for an Academy Award for the music and lyrics he wrote for "he Muppets Take Manhattan."
In 2007, Princeton University ranked Moss as one of its 26 most influential alumni, citing the effect of his songs and characters on the Sesame Street audience.
Episode 3786 of Sesame Street was dedicated in his memory.
Death
In 1994, Moss was diagnosed with colon cancer, from which he died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on September 24, 1998, at the age of 56. He was survived by his wife, Anne Boylan; his son, Alexander Moss; and his stepson, Jonathan Boylan Smith. He died on Jim Henson's birthday.
Jeffrey L Moss of Hunt County, TX was born circa 1973. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey L. Moss.
Jeffrey T Moss of Smith County, TX was born circa 1961. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey T. Moss.
Jeffrey S Moss of Tarrant County, TX was born circa 1959. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey S. Moss.
Jeffrey L Moss of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1965. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey L. Moss.
Jeffrey E Moss of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1963. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey E. Moss.
Jeffrey E Moss of Harris County, TX was born circa 1966. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey E. Moss.
Jeffrey R Moss of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1957. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey R. Moss.
Jeffrey D Moss of Bexar County, TX was born circa 1946. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey D. Moss.
Jeffrey W Moss of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1960. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey W. Moss.
Jeffrey W Moss of Brazos County, TX was born circa 1952. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey W. Moss.
Jeffrey L Moss of Travis County, TX was born circa 1957. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey L. Moss.
Jeffrey Hall Moss of Jefferson County, TX was born circa 1947. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey Hall Moss.
Jeffrey W Moss of Collin County, TX was born circa 1964. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey W. Moss.
Jeffrey B Moss of Harris County, TX was born circa 1964. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey B. Moss.
Jeffrey S Moss of Tarrant County, TX was born circa 1973. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey S. Moss.
Jeffrey M Moss of Tarrant County, TX was born circa 1971. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey M. Moss.
Jeffrey G Moss of Chambers County, TX was born circa 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey G. Moss.
Jeffrey E Moss of Anderson County, TX was born circa 1966. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey E. Moss.
Jeffrey W Moss of Tarrant County, TX was born circa 1970. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey W. Moss.
Jeffrey M Moss of Harris County, TX was born circa 1975. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey M. Moss.
Jeffrey M Moss of Howard County, TX was born circa 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey M. Moss.
Jeffrey K Moss of Johnson County, TX was born circa 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey K. Moss.
Jeffrey Moss was born on March 4, 1957, and died on March 22, 1957. Jeffrey Moss was buried at Long Island National Cemetery
Section D Site 1132AA 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey Moss.
Jeffrey N Moss of Encino, Los Angeles County, CA was born on April 1, 1951, and died at age 49 years old on December 5, 2000.
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