Disney General Entertainment Content via ... Charles Strouse and actress Jane Lynch attend Broadway’s “ANNIE The Musical” Composer Charles Strouse Celebration at Palace Theatre on June ...

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

NEW YORK — Charles Strouse, the three-time Tony Award winner and Broadway master melody-maker who composed the music for “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” died Thursday.

NEW YORK -- Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway's industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as "Annie," "Bye Bye Birdie" and ...

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.

Read full article: Crowds endure high heat at Daytona’s Welcome to Rockville festival FILE - Composer Charles Strouse is interviewed in his apartment, June 3, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo ...