Robert Hazard, Songwriter, Dies at 59

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Robert Hazard, Songwriter, Dies at 59

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/ar...ref=obituaries

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Robert Hazard, a songwriter and musician from Philadelphia who wrote the 1983 Cyndi Lauper hit “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” died on Tuesday in Boston. He was 59 and lived in Old Forge, N.Y.

Mr. Hazard died after a brief illness, his record label, Rykodisc, said in a statement. His wife, Susan, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that her husband died unexpectedly after surgery.

Mr. Hazard, born Robert Rimato, led the band Robert Hazard and the Heroes, a fixture in Philadelphia clubs through the mid-1980s. He wrote that their big breaks came when Kurt Loder, in town to review a Rolling Stones concert, heard them in a bar and they were featured in Rolling Stone magazine. Soon they had an RCA Records contract. His song “Escalator of Life” became a hit soon after.

Recently, he played country music with the Hombres. His latest album, “Troubadour,” was released in October.

In recent years, Mr. Hazard and his wife ran an antiques shop near their home in Old Forge.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter from his first marriage, Corrina, and two sons, Rex and Remy.



I love Escalator Of Life.



Girls Just Want to Have Fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqf9PuKi63E


Thank you sir. Sorry to hear the news.