Jazz legend, 'Schoolhouse Rock!' singer Jack Sheldon dead at 88

[CatWoman]

Bebop and West Coast jazz great Jack Sheldon has died at age 88. The news was first reported via a Facebook post by his biographer and documentarian, Doug McIntyre, in which he shared an announcement from Cynthia Jimenez (the sister of Sheldon’s longtime manager, Dianne Jimenez) stating that the trumpeter, singer, and actor had passed away of undisclosed causes on Dec. 27. Dianne confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday morning.

While the charismatic and hilarious Sheldon boasted an impressive résumé that included serving as the music director and sidekick on The Merv Griffin Show for 18 years; releasing 23 albums as a bandleader between 1955 and 2007; heading his own 17-piece orchestra; working with everyone from Art Pepper, Gerry Mulligan, Benny Goodman, and Frank Sinatra to the Monkees and Tom Waits; and acting in various movies and TV shows, he is also lovingly remembered as the affable, lackadaisical crooner from the Schoolhouse Rock! cartoons of the 1970s, including "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill.”


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[dhill926]

1. incredibly talented man...

[DarthDem]

2. Aw, Sad

I loved "Conjunction Junction." Great talent.

[CatWoman]

4. he also voiced the Simpsons parody

[MurrayDelph]

3. Now we'll never find out

what was meant when Buddy Overstreet overheard the phrase "Chicken Little."

[BHDem53]

5. I remember him on

Dragnet. He almost always played a quirky character.