
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, June 15, 1990                   TAG: 9006150751
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

COMPOSER OF HIT SONG OF DEPRESSION ERA DIES

Jay Gorney, whose song "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" became the musical symbol for the Great Depression years in the United States, has died at age 93.

Gorney died Thursday from Parkinson's disease at the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged.

Gorney composed for the musical theater in the 1920s and 1930s and worked on shows such as "Merry-Go-Round," "Earl Carroll's Sketch Book," "Touch and Go," and "Meet the People."

He wrote "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," for the 1932 show "Americana." His film scores included "Mona Lisa" and "They Can't Get You Down."

by CNB