His opening theme for the groundbreaking sitcom “All in the Family” also became part of the American musical canon.

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Three-time Tony Award winner Charles Strouse composed the music for such classics as "Annie," "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Applause.

You know his songs, from "It's the Hard Knock Life" to "Those Were the Days," the theme from All in the Family.

In an interview with the Tribune in 2011, Strouse was asked if he had any idea that the Broadway show would be such a hit.

He wrote some of the most enduring musical theater numbers of his era and earned three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy.

master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” died Thursday. He was 96. Strouse died at his home in New ...