Oscar-Winning ‘Mary Poppins’ Songwriter Richard Sherman Dies at 95

Songwriter Richard M. Sherman holds a stuffed Winnie the Pooh as he poses at the world premiere of Disney's "Christopher Robin," in Burbank, Calif., on July 30, 2018. Danny Moloshok/Reuters

Famed composer Richard Sherman, one-half of the songwriting duo known as the Sherman Brothers, has died at the age of 95—just a few weeks shy of his 96th birthday.

The musical luminary passed away at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, California on May 25 due to an “age-related illness,” The Walt Disney Company has confirmed.