Texas-based songwriter also wrote hit songs for Marlo Thomas‘ award-winning „Free to Be… You and Me“<\/b>
\nCarol Hall, the Texas-born songwriter who earned Drama Desk Awards for the music and lyrics of the 1978 hit Broadway musical \u201cThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,\u201d died Thursday at age 82.
According to TheaterMania, she had been suffering from a rare form of dementia for the last few years.
Hall also gained fame for her work with Marlo Thomas, composing multiple songs for Thomas\u2019 Emmy- and Peabody-winning 1974 ABC special \u201cFree to Be\u2026 You and Me\u201d and its follow-ups.
Her songs included such favorites as \u201cIt\u2019s All Right to Cry\u201d and \u201cGlad to Have a Friend Like You.\u201d
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\u201cCarol is gone but her music and words will live in our hearts forever,\u201d Thomas wrote in tribute on her Twitter account.
After running for four years and 1,584 performances on Broadway, \u201cBest Little Whorehouse\u201d became a 1982 film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton \u2014 whose recording of Hall\u2019s \u201cHard Candy Christmas\u201d earned an ASCAP Award as \u201cMost Performed Country Song\u201d of the year.
A native of Abilene, Texas, Hall also wrote the lyrics for \u201cA Christmas Memory,\u201d a musical based on a Truman Capote story, as well as \u201cGood Sports\u201d and \u201cPaper Moon.\u201d
Online tributes quickly poured in for Hall.<\/p>\n

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