{"id":1570,"date":"2015-01-30T10:30:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bear-family.de\/blog\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2015-01-30T10:30:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T10:30:30","slug":"rod-mckuen-poet-songwriter-dies-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bear-family.de\/bear-family-records-blog\/2015\/01\/30\/rod-mckuen-poet-songwriter-dies-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod McKuen, poet and songwriter, dies at 81."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rod McKuen was born in Oakland in 1933. After moving to Paris, France, in the sixties he began writing poems and essays. He was also a prolific songwriter.<br \/>\n<em>Jean<\/em> for the 1969 movie \u201eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u201c remains one of his best-rememembered songs. His adaption of French chansonnier Jacques Brel\u2019s <em>Le Moribond<\/em> was one of his greatest successes druing the 1960s and &#8217;70s. His English language version oft he French original was <em>Seasons In The Sun<\/em>, later covered by the Kingston Trio, Terry Jacks, a.o.<br \/>\nFrank Sinatra recorded an entire album with songs written by Rod McKuen in 1969 which included <em>Love\u2019s Been Good To Me<\/em>. His musical compositions for the animated film \u201eA Boy Named Charlie Brown\u201c received an Oscar nomination.<br \/>\nRod McKuen, suffering from pneumonia, had been brought to hospital in Beverly Hills. He passed away on Thursday, January 29.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bear-family.de\/bear-family-records-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bcd16122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bear-family.de\/bear-family-records-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bcd16122-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"bcd16122\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bear-family.de\/bear-family-records-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bcd16122-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bear-family.de\/bear-family-records-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bcd16122-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bear-family.de\/bear-family-records-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bcd16122.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>https:\/\/www.bear-family.com\/mckuen-rod-if-you-go-away-rca-7-cd.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rod McKuen was born in Oakland in 1933. 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