{"id":290887,"date":"2024-02-19T00:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T05:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/actress-ilene-graffs-husband-composer-ben-lanzarone-dead-at-85"},"modified":"2024-02-19T00:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T05:10:09","slug":"actress-ilene-graffs-husband-composer-ben-lanzarone-dead-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/actress-ilene-graffs-husband-composer-ben-lanzarone-dead-at-85","title":{"rendered":"Actress Ilene Graff's Husband, Composer Ben Lanzarone Lifeless at eighty five"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ben Lanzarone<\/strong> — a composer behind music in hit shows like “The Love Boat” and “Happy Days” — has died … TMZ has confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Ben’s wife, actress Ilene Graff<\/strong> tells TMZ … Ben passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday after a battle with lung cancer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Graff says she was with Ben — to whom she was married for more than 45 years — when he died.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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While many people might not know Ben’s name, they definitely know the music he helped create … with his work appearing in many iconic shows from the ’70s,’80s & ’90s.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Among them … “The Love Boat,” “Happy Days,” “Dynasty,” “Mork and Mindy,” “Laverne and Shirley,” “The Tracey Ullman Show,” “The Colbys,” and “Mr. Belevdere.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Ben and Ilene met on the set of “Grease” — where Ben worked on the music video for “Summer Nights” — and later worked together on ‘Belvedere’ where Ilene played Marsha Cameron Owens for 118 episodes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Ben was honored with the ASCAP’s Most Performed Underscore Award in 1986 and is survived by Ilene and his daughter Nikka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Ben was 85.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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