- Died of self-inflicted gunshot.
- Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award five times: in 1958, for the music and lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination for "New Girl in Town;" in 1960, for the lyrics and music as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Take Me Along;" in 1962, for the music and lyrics as part o a Best Musical nomination for "Carnival;" and in 1964, for the lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination, and as Best Composer and Lyricist, with collaborator Jule Styne, for "Funny Girl." He never won.
- He was a baritone singer.
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1993 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.
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