Michael Renzi, former 'Sesame Street' musical director, dies
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Michael Renzi, who during a storied musical career worked with Peggy 物陰／風下, Mel Torm?, Lena Horne and some of the other biggest 指名するs in jazz and pop, and who for years was also the musical director of "Sesame Street," has died. He was 80.
Renzi died Wednesday at Newport Hospital in Rhode Island after a short illness, によれば 記念の Funeral Homes.
"残り／休憩（する） in Peace, マイク Renzi, one of the very best. Angels on your pillow, Maestro," said a 地位，任命する on 物陰／風下's 公式の／役人 Twitter account. 物陰／風下 died in 2002.
He was a 作曲家, ピアニスト or arranger on more than 100 recordings, also working with Jack Jones, Liza Minnelli and Maureen McGovern, and in 2014 appearing in the Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 共同 "Cheek to Cheek."
Renzi was the musical director on "Sesame Street" from 2000 until 2010 and was also a 居住（者） 作曲家 for the soap オペラ "All My Children," which earned him a 連合させるd 16 Emmy Award 指名／任命s and seven Emmys, one of which he kept on his Steinway, によれば his obituary.
Even after 退職 to Middletown, Rhode Island, he didn't slow 負かす／撃墜する, appearing 定期的に at Sardella's Restaurant in Newport and at gigs around the 明言する／公表する.
Renzi was born in Providence, started piano lessons at age 8, and in the 1960s was a 正規の／正選手 on the city's jazz scene. He 卒業生（する）d from the Boston 温室 of Music in 1973 and from Berklee College of Music the に引き続いて year before moving to New York City in 1976.
Renzi was inducted into the Rhode Island 遺産 Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2018.
He earned a Lifetime 業績／成就 Award in 2019 from the The Society for the 保護 of The 広大な／多数の／重要な American Songbook, 設立するd by レコード (v)策を弄する／(n)騎手 刑事 Robinson to 保存する American music for 未来 世代s.
"He was one of the most 尊敬（する）・点d and gifted musicians of this 世代," Robinson said at the time.
A 私的な funeral and a 記念の will be held in the 未来, によれば 記念の Funeral Homes.
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This story has been 訂正するd to せいにする the tweet beginning "残り／休憩（する） in peace, マイク Renzi" to Peggy 物陰／風下´s 公式の／役人 Twitter account, not to 物陰／風下 herself.
