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Hugh Martin, who co-wrote ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,’ dies at 96

By Claire Noland
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The Associated Press is reporting the death of composer and songwriter Hugh Martin, who co-wrote ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ and ‘The Trolley Song,’ of natural causes Friday at his home in Encinitas, Calif., citing his niece, Suzanne Hanners. Martin was 96.

Both songs, written with his partner Ralph Blane, were featured in the 1944 film ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ starring Judy Garland (seen above in the YouTube clip).

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Martin’s memoir, ‘Hugh Martin: The Boy Next Door,’ was published in 2010.

More later at www.latimes.com/obits.

-- Claire Noland

Afterword
Claire Noland

Claire Noland, who joined the Los Angeles Times in 1994, became editor of curated email newsletters in spring 2015. She had been in the Obituary Department since 2006, the last six years as editor. Before that, she was an editor in Sports. A California native and graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, she worked at the Antelope Valley Press, Los Angeles Daily News and Minneapolis Star Tribune. She left The Times in December 2015.

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