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Perry Botkin Jr., the prolific film and TV composer, arranger and producerknown for his themes to Happy Days, Mork and Mindy and The Young and the Restless — a tune forever associated with famed Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci — has died. He was 87.

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall writer John Scheinfeld, after Van Dyke Parks had shared a tribute via Twitter on Monday, the day Botkin died (January 18).Salmon Falls was orchestrated by the genial giant, arranger Perry Botkin Jr.Perry was taken by the new strain of Co-vid, Jan 18, ‘21 – Here’s Harry Nilsson https://t.co/NLzSeo0BqL (Perry and I collaborated on my first Nicholson score).— Van Dyke Parks (@thevandykeparks) January 18, 2021“Today I share the news that the man who discovered Harry

Perry Botkin Jr., the Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning TV and film composer known for creating the The Young And The Restless theme, has died. Botkin’s friend and The Happy Days of Garry Marshall writer John Scheinfeld announced the musician’s death on Facebook, noting that the he died on Monday. He was 87.

Natalie Oganesyan editorGrammy-winning and Oscar-nominated TV and film composer Perry Botkin Jr., known for his theme songs for “The Young and the Restless,” the late ’70s sitcom “Mork & Mindy” and “The ABC Friday/Sunday Night Movie,” died Jan. 18, his publicist announced.