“Terribly sad today,” wrote Oscar winner Tom Hanks on Twitter. Without Schlesinger and his song “That Thing You Do!” would have given it to Playtone never. Hanks referred to his production company Playtone, which he had founded in 1998. Previously, Hanks had turned as a Director and screenwriter of the Comedy “That Thing You Do!”. The eponymous hit song brought Schlesinger 1997 an Oscar nomination. Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were recently ill even Covid-19, have recovered in the meantime, however.
Adam Schlesinger dead: Fans and colleagues dismayed
Schlesinger played in the band “Ivy” and “Fountains of Wayne”. The native New Yorker has composed the music and Songs for numerous movie and television series, including the romance Comedy “to the heart – A Song for you” (2007) with Hugh Grant, the TV series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and the sesame street production of “Elmo the Musical”.
in addition to Hanks many Fans and colleagues expressed in social media their sadness. “I was a huge Fan of Fountains of Wayne,” wrote “Guardians of the Galaxy”Director James Gunn on Twitter. The news of your death was heartbreaking. “Devastated,” said actress Fran Drescher. You’ll miss Schlesinger. To lose “how horrible, him with 52 by the Virus,” wrote best-selling author Stephen King.
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