About Leo Edwards
Lived 1886 – 1978 (aged 92). Leo Edwards was an American composer.
Leo Edwards (21 February 1886 – 12 July 1978 The family settled in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Leo Edwards worked for music publishing firms as a staff composer; writing music for T. B. Harms, M. Witmark & Sons, the Gus Edwards Music Company, Leo Feist Inc., and the DeSylva Publishing Company. His Broadway credits as a composer include The Wizard of Oz (1902), The Blue Paradise, The Merry Whirl (1911), and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1921 and 1923. His second wife, Gertrude Edwards, died in 1965.
Edwards lived at the Olcott Hotel in New York City. He died there at the age of 92 in 1978.
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Who was Leo Edwards?
American composer (1886-1978)
When was Leo Edwards born?
Leo Edwards was born on 21 February 1886.
When did Leo Edwards die?
Leo Edwards died on 12 July 1978.
What was Leo Edwards's occupation?
Leo Edwards was a composer.
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Leo Edwards was American.
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· DBpedia: Leo Edwards (composer)
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