![]() Meehan reminisced, in later years, of a childhood spent absorbing radio programs through the family’s Philco and taking in lots and lots of movies. ![]() He had an ice cream truck in his youth and also worked at a drugstore, his wife said. His father, Thomas, was a businessman, and his mother, the former Helen Cecilia O’Neill, an emergency room nurse. 14, 1929, in Ossining, N.Y., and grew up across the Hudson River in Suffern. ![]() Meehan had been reworking the musical version of Mel Brooks’s movie “Young Frankenstein,” first seen on Broadway in 2007, for a revival in London. Meehan was one of the go-to writers of Broadway, amassing book-writing credits that included the Christmas-themed musical “Elf” (written with Bob Martin and adapted from a 2003 film) and most recently “Rocky” (with Sylvester Stallone and adapted from his 1976 Oscar-winning movie).Īt his death Mr. The cause was cancer, said his wife, Carolyn Meehan. ![]() Thomas Meehan, who won Tony Awards for writing the books for three of the most successful Broadway musicals of the past 40 years - “Annie,” “The Producers” and “Hairspray” - died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. ![]()
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