John Kander

Composer John Kander, 93, was one half—with lyricist Fred Ebb, who died in 2004—of Kander and Ebb. Kander and Ebb wrote Flora the Red Menace (1965), in which Liza Minnelli made her Broadway debut, and won a Tony Award. They also wrote Cabaret, The Act (1977), The Rink (1984), and Minnelli’s famous standard, “New York, New York” (1977). Ebb co-produced, with Bob Fosse, Liza With a “Z.”